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1920s - 1930s - Egypt: Suez Canal & African Laborers Building Railroad

Reel Number: 220510-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1930s,1920s

Country: Egypt

Location: Port Said,Suez

TC Begins: 01:45:39

TC Ends: 01:55:10

Duration: 00:09:31

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1920s - 1930s - Egypt: Suez Canal & African Laborers Building Railroad LS pan of small boats & freighters in canal to waterside buildings. Egyptian Dhows moving behind breakwater w/ freighters docked. 01:47:33 Arabs & carts beside buildings along street, slow pan of street / pedestrian activity. 01:48:44 High angle / HA of fortress w/ harbor in background. People walking about. Steps cut in concrete wall. Pan of buildings along water at base of cliffs & mountains behind. 01:50:24 Port Said, looking along walkway to De Lessep’s statue; pan across water w/ freighter & small boats anchored. Pan buildings along waterfront w/ dhows & small boats at dock Excursion fairy past. 01:52:15 View along African railroad under construction; CU African laborer tightening rails; others moving ties into place w/ Europeans supervising. 01:53:18 POV from boat along canal w/ wealthy housing behind trees on shore; dissolve to sand along shore & higher view from ship. Colonialism; Workers; Shipping; Transportation; Waterway; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Running scratch of varying intrusiveness. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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