Keddie Collection: 3: Scenes in Egypt and Jordan, including Petra 1930s

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2002/076/003).

Synopsis

Egyptian country life with riverbank laundering, donkey transport of hay. European car driving in the desert. Getting water. Peasant funeral cortege. Use of donkeys by peasant families. Rocky desert countryside and the ruins of Petra. Village male social life .

Production / Donor Details: Film taken by the donor's grandfather who served in the Diplomatic Service in Egypt in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

 

Titles

  • Keddie Collection: 3: Scenes in Egypt and Jordan, including Petra 1930s (Archive)
Series Title:
Keddie Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1920
Film Gauge (Format):
Other VHS
Sound:
Mute
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis