| SUEZ CANAL Educational film about the Suez Canal - various facts and figures. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7357 |
| Catalog #: | 487745 | |
| Clip Number: | 487745-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:54 - 01:30:07 | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Canals & Locks INDUSTRY: Cargo & Freight Handling LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt, Suez Canal TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Cargo | |
| Description: | A man walks along a road with a large liner in the background - it looks like the liner is travelling on land as there is a sand dune between the road and the ship. Aerial shots of canal. Small houses on the banks of the canal. Bitter Lakes - boats travelling through including British Command vessel. Fishermen on the dockside. Liner "Java". Boat leaving port in sunset. Graphic map of the world. White line from Bombay to London via Cape contrasted to dotted line via Suez. | |
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