| CRISIS IN EGYPT Crisis in Egypt - King under heavy guard after Governor General of Sudan's assassination. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 81 |
| Catalog #: | 520574 | |
| Clip Number: | 520574-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1141 | |
| Timecode: | 10:57:34 - 11:00:02 | |
| Location: | Cairo, Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Assassinations LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt, Cairo PERSONALITIES: Allenby, General Edmund H. PERSONALITIES: Zaghlul, Sa'd (Zagloul Pasha) ROYALTY: Egyptian, Fu'ad I (Fouad) WAR & CONFLICT: Revolution | |
| Description: | Master 81 Part 1 Same as catalog # 179655, 55282 The CRISIS in EGYPT. News and views of centre of World interest to-day ... Britain punishes Egypt for assassination of Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General of Sudan. Cairo, Egypt. "Cairo and the Nile". Panning L/S of the Cairo skyline with a large mosque in the foreground. L/S of the River Nile, a yacht is moored in the foreground. "The Native Quarter". M/S of a narrow street, women wearing the veil carry children, a horse and cart passes, traders go about their business. "Some types". C/U of a group of Egyptians, mainly young boys - some wear turbans, others wear fez hats or tabouches, two women in black veils also stand with them. "ZAGHLUL PASHA, the Nationalist Leader". C/U of Pasha, he wears a fez and appears to be sitting in a railway carriage. M/S of a group of men, mostly wearing fez hats, walking towards the camera, they appear to be in a desert setting. "All Units of Egyptian Army have been ordered out of the Soudan". M/S of the courtyard of a large building ( a Palace?), a troop of Egyptian soldier stand to attention. "KING FUAD in the Abdin Palace". Panning L/S of the Palace, soldiers stand on guard in sentry boxes, several men walk past, including a European man who tips his boater. M/S of a large man with a moustache and a fez - the King? Accompanied by two other men, one in military uniform, he walks down some steps in the Palace garden and comes towards the camera. C/U of King Fuad and his spectacular waxed moustache. "Field Marshal LORD ALLENBY, Britain's Strong Man". Panning L/S of the picturesque palace garden. M/S of Lord Allenby walking down the steps leading to the Palace entrance. "The Residency is strongly guarded". Various shots of a troop of soldier in pith helmets patrolling outside the Palace. | |


