Egypt, Port Said & Suez Canal Entrance w/ French & Italian Naval Ships, ca 1938

Egypt, Port Said & Suez Canal Entrance w/ French & Italian Naval Ships, ca 1938 Naval ship anchored off shore; small fishing boats & yachts along dock. Italian Heavy Cruiser Zara entering Suez Canal moving past freighter or small liner anchored. Small boats w/ people waving flags alongside destroyer. 20:27:34 Zara in canal past camera. More shots as in opening. 20:28:33 Steam railroad w/ passenger cars alongside canal. 20:28:42 POV looking ahead as car down road next to Suez Canal. View of can from moving car. 20:29:08 French destroyer (?) passing fixed camera. 20:29:50 Large white government building w/ signal flags being hoisted in front beside Canal. 20:30:07 High angle of tugs in harbor w/ port city beyond. View looking down on large tree lined avenue. 20:30:30 Sailor onto dock from small pilot boat; line lifted after two officers or ship pilots board & leave past harbor traffic. Tug moving out 20:31:14 Man at desk listening to radio-telephone & looking at chart (?), making notes. 20:31:54 Freighter past into / out of canal. 20:32:18 Manat desk making notes on log or graph. 20:32:33 POV from boat alongside freighter w/ men carrying baskets of coal or sand up gangways of ship w/ British flag on side. 20:33:27 View from water of large government building. Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at Port Said entrance of Suez Canal; pedestrians walking past. Men watching Italian ship, Zara (?) pass. 1930s; Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2; Middle East; Colonialism; Imperialism; Military;