Egypt. (1957)

Footage №15750, 35 parts
Production: CSDF (RCSDF)
Availability:Film hasn't been digitized
Camera operators:Zenyakin A., Semin A., Troyanovskiy M.

Temporary description:

Landscapes of Egypt: sand, sparse vegetation of the desert, palm trees, citrus trees, species of cactus, a field of wheat pastures on the banks of the River Nile, canals, in the oases. Egyptian peasants to cultivate the fields with primitive agricultural tools. Primitive extraction of water for irrigation. Construction of irrigation canals, dams and power stations in the city of Aswan. Agritechnical station in the province of Fayoum. Experimental field. Livestock and poultry farm. Agronomist advises farmers. Cleaning of sugar cane in the Nile Valley, transportation to a sugar factory in the town of Kom Ombo. Production processes processing sugar cane at a sugar factory. Finished products. Production of fabrics in a textile factory in the city of Mahal al-Kubra. City of Cairo. Embankment of the River Nile, the city wall, the palace of the former King of Egypt Farukh, mosques, tombs. Public transport, shops, a zoo, the Supreme Muslim theological school (University of Al Azhar). Cairo University. The researchers of the National Research Center for work in the physical and chemical laboratories. Speech by the State Folk Dance Ensemble of the USSR under the guidance of Moses on the scene of the Cairo Opera House. The talks in Cairo on the heads of governments: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria (24 - 27 February 1957). Soviet journalists speak with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in his office. Cairo National Museum; appearance, exhibits: Tutankhamun's golden mask, sarcophagus, personal items, items from Tutankhamun's tomb. Images on the stone, papyrus, bas-reliefs and other artifacts that reflect the history of ancient Egypt (BC). Monuments of Ancient Egypt: The Sphinx and the pyramids (tombs of pharaohs) in Giza (near Cairo), Luxor and Karnak temples, the ruins of Memphis (the ancient capital of Lower Egypt); quarry near the town of Aswan, the Valley of the Kings (the secret burial place of pharaohs gorge on the left bank of the River Nile). Tourists enter the cave, the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, Seti I, Tutankhamun. City of Alexandria. Streets, squares, city transport, the monuments of Alexandria port. Building Office. At the pier, passengers sit. Foreign ships in the Suez Canal, among them the Soviet: "Krasnodar", "Red Star", "Iman", "Poti" and others. At the channel conducting the work to raise sunken vessels. Oil fields off the coast of the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Production processes at an oil refinery. Construction Helwan Iron and Steel Works. A flotilla of fishing vessels at sea. Fishermen casting a network render the catch on shore. Buying of the caught fish on the shore. City of Port Said, freed from Israeli troops. Streets partitioned wire, sandbags, ruins, wounded at the hospital. Military inspect the streets, yards, looking for mines. Construction and rehabilitation of homes. The destruction of the Sinai Peninsula, produced by Israeli troops during their retreat. Gaza City, decorated on the occasion of the meeting of the Egyptian troops; mass rally in the town square on the occasion of the Victory. Supports the governor of Gaza, Brigadier-General Hasan 'Abd al-Latif. UN troops in the Sinai. Collection of the members of the Writers' Union of Egypt in Cairo. Present: Khalid Mohamed Khalid, Yousif Assibay, Tauf al Hakim, Naguib Mahfouz, Youssef Aline Ghurab, Abdurahman El Sharkawi. Salon sculptor Ahmed Osman; present: the artist Hassan Mohammed Hassan, a sculptor Edward Zaki Hamil, decorator Ismail Hussein, Mahmoud.

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