AUC Promotional film “The Best of Both Worlds”
“1st Trial Print- short vers. 1/12/82 Winters Productions” on Canister
- Holding institution:
- American University in Cairo
- Data provider:
- American University in Cairo
- Title:
- AUC Promotional film “The Best of Both Worlds”
“1st Trial Print- short vers. 1/12/82 Winters Productions” on Canister - Date:
- 1982
- Description:
- AUC Promotional Film, in color with sound, sent to universities and potential donors abroad, featuring university administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, campus buildings and facilities, and programs and projects. Also depicts Cairo and historic monuments and tourist sites. 00:00:00-00:00:07 Ramses Square with Railway Station 00:00:08-00:00:10 Tahrir Square 00:00:11-00:00:17 AUC Main Palace Building; 00:00:18-00:00:25 Students at table in Creswell Library in School of Oriental Studies Building, Film Title “The Best of Both Worlds”; 00:00:26-00:01:00 President Richard F. Pedersen walking on campus addressing camera, with Main Palace Building in background; 00:01:01-00:01:08 Students entering Ewart Hall Building, 00:01:09-00:01:13 Main Palace Building main inside staircase; 00:01:14-00:01:24 Ancient Egyptian tomb interior; Sultan Hassan Mosque exterior; moulid scene with musicans; felucca boat on Nile River with mosque in background; 00:01:25-00:01:44 Science Building and students on lawn in front; 00:01:45-00:01:53 African or African-American student and other students in language classroom; 00:01:54-00:02:01 Students studying on campus between the courts; 00:02:00-00:02:08 Faculty members Farkhonda Hassan and Tim Sullivan on campus; 00:02:09-00:02:12 Students making payments, possibly at Registration; 00:02:13-00:02:16 Still image of President Anwar Sadat 00:02:17-00:02:22 Faculty member Farkhonda Hassan in science classroom; 00:02:23-00:02:29 AUC Bookstore interior in Hill House with AUC Press books; 00:02:30-00:02:49 English language classroom in Main Building with faculty member and students; 00:02:50-00:03:01 Business book cover; 00:03:02-00:03:08 Students in engineering laboratory; 00:03:09-00:03:46 Faculty member Farkhonda Hassan in science classroom providing voiceover; 00:03:47-00:04:08 Students in engineering and science laboratories, with faculty members Fadel Assabghy and Farkhonda Hasan; 00:04:09-00:04:33 Students in science laboratory with faculty member Fadel Assabghy; 00:04:34-00:04:48 Social Research Center project trainee speaking with residents in village, with children; 00:04:49-00:05:00 Solar energy panels at Basaisa village project; 00:05:01-00:05:12 Desert Development Center agricultural fields; 00:05:13-00:05:58 Division of Public Service adult/continuing education English language classrooms with students and faculty members; CACE computer and secretarial skills typing classroomns with students; 00:05:59-00:06:21 Arabic Language Institute language laboratory; 00:06:22-00:07:52 Management Studies classroom with businessmen students and faculty member Amr Mortagy; student at computer; small seminar; brochure and publication covers; businessman student discussing executive education in his office; 00:07:53-00:08:01 View of Citadel and Cairo neighborhoods; 00:08:00-00:08:28 AUC alumna bank teller at counter with customers; office with workers; 00:08:29-00:09:44 Al Akhbar al Youm newspaper offices, printshop, and staff including alumnus Editor Mustafa Amin; 00:09:45-00:09:48 AUC Campus view with Main Palace Building; 00:09:49-00:09:55 Basaisa Village project farmers with solar panels and irrigation system; 00:09:56-00:10:00 AUC Commencement in Ewart Hall with faculty, administrators, and students; listing of corporate funding donors to AUC; 00:10:10-00:10:15 Students in Egyptology classroom; listing of corporate funding donors to AUC; 00:10:16-00:10:24 Students in science laboratories; 00:10:25-00:10:27 Commencement; 00:10:28-00:10:30 Faculty leading tour at Sultan Hassan Mosque; 00:10:31-00:10:31 Faculty holding ancient or medieval glass bottle; 00:10:32-00:10:33 Students in language audio visual laboratory; 00:10:34-00:10:39 Students playing football/soccer and tennis on campus; 00:10:40-00:11:02 Commencement, closing credits
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Moving images
- Type (Narrower):
- Historical Videos
- Type (Broader):
- Video
- Subject:
- American University in Cairo
- Coverage:
- Cairo; Egypt
- Rights:
- To inquire about permissions or reproductions, contact the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo at +20.2.2615.3676 or rbscl-ref@aucegypt.edu.
- Identifier:
- AH14
http://cdm15795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15795coll23/id/6 - Format:
- video/mp4