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  1. Cairo

    Date released
    5 Jan 1964
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    471
    NoS ID
    121470
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: It’s the wilderness, with Bedouin horsemen thundering by. It is, also, the threshold of a modern city. Cairo - where East and West, and ancient and modern, mix. We find ancient inscriptions...

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  2. Mysteries of Egypt (3 Parts) (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 156 minutes), £19.99

    A box set containing three National Geographic programmes exploring ancient Egypt. 1) EGYPT UNDERWORLD: PATHWAYS TO ETERNITY - archaeologust Dr. Zahi Hawass excavates a mysterious tunnel at the vbottom of...

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  3. History in Stone

    Date released
    13 Mar 1933
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    213
    NoS ID
    032539
    Story no
    4 / 5

    Monuments of ancient Aztecs. School kiddies study archaeology at first hand by visiting 800 year old pyramids.

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  4. King Amanullah

    Date released
    12 Jan 1928
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1467
    NoS ID
    086526
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The King "who wants to know", in white silk hat, visits Pyramids, and afterwards reviews Egyptian troops, including the famous Camel Corps.

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  5. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    22 Aug 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    490
    NoS ID
    347808
    Story no
    6 / 6

    NoS synopsis: Pathécolor views of the Pyramids

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  6. News in Flashes

    Date released
    6 Apr 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    533
    NoS ID
    034444
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Bernard Shaw visits Aztec Pyramids. Spry as ever at 79, famous writer attracts crowds on holiday tour.

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  7. Mexico

    Date released
    30 Jun 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    444
    NoS ID
    121399
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: We are at the pyramids - the ornate pyramids of Mexico, as ancient as the relics of Egypt but uncrumbled, still wearing their original finery. Here is a country of contrasts - skyscrapers and...

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  8. Pyramids of Cornwall

    Date released
    4 Jan 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    405
    NoS ID
    347550
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: furnace of burning coal. Viscous liquid clay pits and kilns

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  9. Where There’s a Wheel

    Date released
    28 Oct 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/86
    NoS ID
    100147
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Servicemen on leave take cycle ride along the River Nile, arriving at the Pyramids one extra fat soldier has trouble riding his bike and ends up carrying it.

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  10. On Leave in Cairo

    Date released
    2 Mar 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/18
    NoS ID
    099296
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Soldiers on leave in Cairo first pay a visit to a "leave ship" which is like a floating hotel. From there they visit the sights of Cairo, taking in the Bazaar quarter, the Pyramids and finishing off with a...

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