During time of Egyptians seeking independence and protesting British rule in Egypt. A large crowd surrounds an official car carrying Saad Zaghlul Pasha, the Egyptian leader, as he returns from exile. Crowd carries a big flag. Trees along the side of the street. Saad Zaghlul Pasha stands at the door of a building.
Shows British General Edmund Allenby meeting and greeting dignitaries at a railway station in Cairo, Egypt, during World War 1. General Allenby rides a horse and is followed by a cavalry of Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF). Shows EEF cavalry standing in formation and being trained for desert campaign
Shows Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) troops leading and securing fresh horses and mules into railroad cars in Cairo, Egypt during World War 1.
British cavalry engaged in early morning training at a desert encampment in Cairo, Egypt, during World War 1. The mounted cavalry execute maneuvers in formation. Then they line up opposing one another and charge, passing through each others lines. Later, they are seen moving along the shore of the Nile River,with the British Army barracks in the background.Finally, they proceed up a sand slope past a windmill.
Opening scene shows men in the streets of Cairo, Egypt. Remnants of barriers lay across the road. Black smoke rises from a building fire in the background. Camera focuses on a portrait of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, atop a tall street pole. Street filled with men milling about. Men running beside railroad tracks, as smoke appears to be in the background. A crowd of men watch as one of them pulls down a banner displayed on a building. Back at the railroad site, several men watch a military armored car. Men assist another who is seen lying on a sidewalk. A young boy walks past as the men start to pull the victim up from the sidewalk. A group of men carrying the victim along a street. View from flat roof overlooking street below where a patrolling jeep carrying soldiers passes below. Charred material and destroyed steel barriers obstruct a street. Pedestrians walk about on sidewalks and street in background. Closeup of more charred and steel obstacles on a street. Men on the street in the background. Smoke rising from a burning obstacle in a street. Boulders and rubble blocking a street. View along a street completely covered along its length in rocks and slabs of concrete. Pedestrians walk along the sides of the road. Men standing in rubble at a street corner. Views of more charred makeshift road barriers. An armored car parked in center of the city. A bicyclist rides past and pedestrians ignore it. A White van speeds along the road (possibly an ambulance). Glimpse of a narrow street or alleyway, lined with shops with awnings.
Palaces of ancient Egyptian Kings Rameses II and Sethos II in Hermopolis, Egypt. Egyptian workers dig up the remains of the palaces of King Rameses II and Sethos II during an archaeology excavation. The workers dig up the remains. Scientists look at the remains dug out. An archaeologist (likely German Egyptologist Günther Roeder) near a damaged wall with inscriptions on it in the background.
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