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King Ibn Saud (also called King Abdulaziz) greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt on USS Quincy in the Suez Canal, Egypt.

The destroyer USS Murphy carrying King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and party approaches the presidential Cruiser USS Quincy. U.S. sailors on the deck of USS Quincy as well as on USS Murphy. The sailors salute. A motorboat in the background. The deck of the destroyer. Several scenes of crews securing lines between the two ships. Arab party members and sailors on the deck. King Saud seated on a chair surrounded by other Arabs and Colonel Eddy (USMC) who serves as an interpreter. Walking very slowly, with help of a cane, King Ibn Saud goes aboard the presidential ship and greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt who is seated on a chair. Saud speaks to President Roosevelt with the help of , Colonel Eddy, the interpreter.

Location: Suez Canal Egypt
Date: 1945, February
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033761
Egyptian farmers draw water using an ancient irrigation system and manufacture bricks of mud and straw

A farmer tills his land with a plough driven by cattle in Egypt. Farmer pulls up water using an ancient irrigation system. A man mixes water, mud and straw to make bricks and dries them in the sun. Narrator describes similar work performed by the Israelites in the past.

Location: Egypt
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038043
United States sailors, of Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters, take time off to visit sites in Egypt.

Map showing Mediterranean area in which U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish waters operated in 1922. Sailors from the Detachment find time for rest and relaxation in Egypt. Several of the sailors ride camels, setting off to visit the Pyramids (Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt) and the Great Sphinx of Giza (Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt), where they sightsee from camelback. Then the group rides very rapidly, some on camels and others on horses and donkeys. Sailors step from railroad car, at Luxor, after traveling 400 miles from Cairo. Sailors riding donkeys across the desert at a local village. The sailors ride through the Valley of Kings and the Avenue of the Sphinxes (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt), between Karnak and Luxor. Several sailors and their guides climb on some of the sphinxes. Statue of Ramesses the Great in the Temple of Luxor (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt). Sailors with guides walk avenue between towering remains of Luxor.

Location: Egypt
Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025990
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran and his bride Princess Fawzia at their wedding in Cairo, Egypt.

Wedding of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt at the Abdeen Palace (26VW+7VP El-Gomhoreya Square, Rahbet Abdin, Abdeen, Cairo Governorate, Egypt) in Cairo, Egypt. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his bride, Dilawar Princess Fawzia of Egypt, arrive at their wedding reception in Cairo. King Farouk I of Egypt escorts his sister Princess Fawzia to her wedding. Notables in full regalia. The couple sits along with their guests for the wedding reception.

Location: Cairo Egypt
Date: 1939, March 16
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050588
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) recruits attend class, examine maps (WW2)

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt at the Villa Abaza during World War 2. A car pulls in front of the building. OSS agents and radiomen in training attend a class. An instructor shows a large map of the Balkan region. Another professor points to a map of Italy. A trainee answers the professor. Trainees examine a map together. OSS trainees study land surveying outdoors.

Location: Cairo Egypt
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079977
King Ibn Saud and entourage aboard USS Quincy for meeting with President Franklin Roosevelt

A member of the Saudi royal entourage sits on a sofa aboard the American Cruiser, USS Quincy, on the occasion of a meeting between King Ibn Saud (also called King Abdulaziz) of Saudi Arabia and President Roosevelt, at Great Bitter Lake, Egypt. Other members of the royal entourage also sit with him on the ship. One holds a kettle. Others drink from little saucers. They refill them. An American flag flies above the ship. Military personnel salute as King Saud slowly makes his way past them. The king greets President Roosevelt, who is confined to a chair on deck, and sits to hold discussions with the president. A marine officer acts as interpreter during the World War 2 meeting.

Location: Great Bitter Lake Egypt
Date: 1945, February 15
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024292
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