NILE

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18653).

Synopsis

INTEREST. Travelogue. A journey through Egypt on a Nile steamboat. The boat passes all types of rivercraft (120), stretches of dense vegetation (160), birds (181), a water-buffalo (196) and a typical water-side village (257). The boat calls at a cotton depot (432) and passes on to the Assuan Dam (555); 'Pharoah's Bed' and the Temple of Isis, on the Sacred Isle of Philae (607), Karnak - the Avenue of Ram-headed Spinxes (629), the Great Temple (638) and scarabs by the Sacred Lake (663); the Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor (682); the Valley of the Kings and Queens and the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen (735), the Temple of Hatshepsu (790) and the Temple of Abu Simbel (822). The boat continues to the upper reaches of the Nile (875).

 

Titles

  • NILE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1926
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
875 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
British Instructional Films
 

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