News Briefs: Egyptian Discovery

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1306A

Date Released

17 Jun 1954

Date submitted

Jun 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Queen at RNVR Parade
2. 2Le Mans Race
3. 3News Briefs: Egyptian Discovery
4. 4News Briefs: Billy Graham Leaves
5. 5News Briefs: Princess Alexandra with Red Cross
6. 6Sir Winston Installed
7. 7Royal Ascot

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Egyptian Discovery. DESCRIPTION: Excavations have recently been in progress alongside the great Pyramid of Cheops. Two funeral chambers have been uncovered and inside each one, the archaeologists discovered a wooden solar boat. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Pyramid of Cheops. Excavation. Archaeologists discover a ‘Solar’ boat in tomb. Various shots of the remains. This boat is about 5,000 years old.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; History and archaeology

Locations

Egypt; Giza

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

61210

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive