Egypt, 1938 - Cotton Mill; Manual Labor; Agriculture & Irrigating

Egypt, 1938 - Cotton Mill; Manual Labor; Agriculture & Irrigating Military men & others posing indoors. 02:17:48 Cotton mill w/ men working at machinery (some camera shutter problems). 02:18:16 Men carrying huge bags of cotton up steep incline. Bags of cotton on small rail cars pulled by horses; unloaded & helped onto back of laborers. LS 02:19:49 Man smoking hookah pipe; people on village street. 02:20:05 Man plowing w/ two oxen & wooden plow. CU of muddy plow & barefeet. 02:21:32 High angle LS of men planting & plowing w/ river in background. MSs. 02:22:30 Boy leaving camels on street. 02:22:43 Water thru concrete irrigation ditch; men / boys cleaning weeds alongside. Men regulating water; irrigating w/ shovel / hoe. View of concrete ditch. North Africa Agriculture; Manual Labor; Arabs; 1930s;