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First Pictures - Egypt Celebrates "Freedom Day"

Date released

11 Aug 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2238

NoS ID

043851

Story no

1 / 8

General Neguib congratulates officers who helped him to topple Farouk off throne. City stays calm in crisis hours.

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King Farouk Home

Date released

14 May 1936

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

610

NoS ID

142369

Story no

5 / 7

Arrival in Egypt.

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Middle East Kings Talk Things over (First Pictures)

Date released

4 Feb 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1558

NoS ID

039876

Story no

1 / 7

1. King Ibn Saud of Arabia visits King Farouk of Egypt. 2. Palestine High Commissioner visits scene of bomb outrage.

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Veiled Revolution, A (1984 Film)

Director

Marilyn Gaunt

Producer

Elizabeth Fernea

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines feminist politics in Egypt, the first Islamic society to cast aside the veil in 1923, and a reaction there to the wearing of Western dress.

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Miss Egypt Becomes Miss World

Date released

21 Oct 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2467

NoS ID

045331

Story no

4 / 5

Beauty queens of sixteen countries compete for title of Miss World, won by Miss Egypt.

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Farouk Rents Villa Near Rome

Date released

23 Oct 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2259

NoS ID

044012

Story no

3 / 6

Moving from Capri ex-King of Egypt occupies beautiful seaside villa.

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Egypt Decoded (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 51 minutes), £20.00

Much has been written as ‘how’ the Egyptians might have aligned their monuments with such high precision, but the question that has always remained unanswered is ‘why’ - why did the ancients put so...

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Koubbeh Palace: Farouk’s Treasures Uncovered

Date released

6 Oct 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2254

NoS ID

043968

Story no

2 / 6

First pictures of former King’s favourite palace show luxury in which he lived.

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King Farouk Invested as Sovereign

Date released

5 Aug 1937

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

672

NoS ID

035344

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 shot list

King Farouk is enthroned on reaching age of eighteen and takes the oath in Egypt’s Parliament House.

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Ah Min Hawwa (1962 Film)

aka: Beware of Eve

Series

Egyptian Cinema Classics

Director

Fat n Abd al-Wahh b

Feature film. A contemporary re-working of The Taming of the Shrew. A handsome vet finds it necessary to tame a wild woman.

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