# LAND OF THE PYRAMIDS 1950s EGYPT TRAVELOGUE PYRAMIDS, CAIRO 56074

This black and white travelogue film about Egypt was produced by Castle Films in 1951 as part of its “The World Parade” documentary series. It opens with a plane circling the Giza pyramids, interspersed with Arab camel drivers (:25- 1:03 ). Cairo is shown from the air, followed by trains at the station. The streets are full of camel trains, shown crossing a bridge ( 1:04 - 1:32 ). A traffic officer directs cars, buses, motorbikes, and donkey carts ( 1:33 - 1:50 ). The Shepheard’s Hotel was comparable to the Ritz and people arrive and dine there \[it burned down in 1952 in the Cairo fire\] ( 1:51 - 2:10 ). Open markets and street bazaar’s offer a variety of items and services, including public letter writing ( 2:11 - 2:35 ). The Egyptian Museum includes King Tutankhamen artifacts ( 2:36 - 3:04 and alabaster items, including a donkey and perfume jars ( 3:05 - 3:09 ). Bricklayers create a curved structure out of bricks ( 3:10 - 3:24 ). A busy marketplace is shown ( 3:30 - 3:40 ). A tram streetcar pulls up. The trolley continues past the pyramids ( 3:42 - 4:10 ). A Muslim woman adjusts a prayer wheel on her nose ( 4:12 ). A camel caravan of nomads picks through the rocks past the pyramids before settling for the night in a cave ( 4:25 - 4:50 ). At Luxor, men are shown carrying a skeleton mummy from a tomb ( 4:51 - 5:05 ). The walls have hieroglyphics and excavating is done around a giant statue in the Valley of the Kings by the Egyptian government. Some of the structures are…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/56074CastleFilmsLandOfThePyramids)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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