| FARM BY PYRAMIDS British soldiers visit an Egyptian farm and see how it is run. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7067 |
| Catalog #: | 98137 | |
| Clip Number: | 98137-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 389 | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:52 - 01:32:41 | |
| Location: | Giza, Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African, Egyptian FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt, Giza MILITARY: Army, British | |
| Description: | FARM BY PYRAMIDS British soldiers visit an Egyptian farm and see how it is run. (traditional farming) Soldiers greet the head man at a farm in front of the pyramids, various shots of the animals, one soldier picks up a goat. Various shots as local men harvest the wheat, C/U of the seeds. M/S of a threshing machine, a boy sorts through the grist afterwards. M/S as the soldiers wave. Various shots as they try and shovel the grist into the breeze but it blows back on them. M/S's as oxen draw a plough through the fields, and another turns a water wheel. M/S's as the soldiers are served coffee in very small cups, one drinks a toast to the head man. | |
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