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Seamen take launch to board their ship in Suez Canal.

Merchant Marine officers who need to join their ship, leave dock on a Egyptian launch that takes them out to their ship, in Port Said, Egypt. (The launch flies an Egyptian flag design in use from 1922 through 1953.) When the officers arrive at their ship, deckhands lower a rope ladder and the officers climb aboard. View of steamship, SS Aeolia, underway. (This ship, launched as the Stuyvesant 1918, was acquired in 1950 and named, Aeolia, by Cia Naviera del Atlantica of Panama. It was managed for them by the Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus.) Back of a sailor as boat he is on passes a statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the Port Said entrance to the Suez Canal.. Views waters around Port Said with palm trees along shore and commercial shipping traffic in the waters.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056032
Archaeologists discover Tomb of Mentemhet in Luxor, Egypt.

Ancient relics discovered in excavations in Luxor, Egypt. Archaeologists after 3 years of excavations discover Tomb of Mentemhet, Prince of Thebes in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Mummy of a priest in a casket as a man lays it on the ground.

Date: 1950, December 18
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058716
Food ration supply to Palestinian Arab Refugees in Egypt.

Palestinian Arab Refugees in Egypt. Workers unload food supplies sent by United Nations, from trains. These goods are unloaded at warehouses. Registration cards are checked of Palestinian Arab Refugees. Refugees get their daily rations of grain and rice. Man unloads a barrel marked with UNICEF, from truck. Milk powder mixed with boiled disease free water. School age children stand in line to collect milk. Boys and girls in the line wait for milk. Men cook meal sitting outside tents and wave fans to keep flies off of the milk. Lebanese cleric speaks with the Refugees including the boys and girls.

Date: 1950
Duration: 5 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023180
Film 'Sands of Sorrow' depicts the condition of Palestinian Arab Refugees in Egypt.

Film 'Sands of Sorrow' depicts the condition of Palestinian Arab Refugees. View of Refugee tents on sand. Clothes hang outside tent and torn tents. Women and children outside the tents. Truckload of necessities for the refugees arrives. Egyptian army officers seated on table distribute blankets, grain and goods to the refugees.

Date: 1950
Duration: 5 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023179
UN Commissioner Adrian Pelt and members of an Advisory Council meet people and the Emir of Cyrenaica in Libya.

A film depicts steps in Libyan independence. Allied soldiers on tanks during World War II. A tank goes past a ruined building. People gathered look as the Union Jack is unfurled. People read a proclamation pasted on a wall. Ruins of World War II. A meeting in the United Nations in 1945 where it is suggested that Libya be placed under temporary UN trusteeship. A resolution in the UN on 21st November, 1949 to create an independent Libya. The Russian delegate to the UN states his disagreement. The United Kingdom delegate speaks in favor of the resolution. A UN aircraft lands and taxis in Libya. Advisory Council members, led by Mustafa Qasim Mizran, who is first to exit the plane and is head of the National Party and Director of the School of Arts and Trades in Tripoli, are joined by UN Commissioner in Libya Adrian Pelt as they are greeted by dignitaries. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council in Tripoli. A sign reads 'Office of the United Nations Commissioner in Libya'. Members of the Advisory Council include representatives from Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan, Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States and a minority group delegate. Cars carrying the representatives drive out of the gates of the headquarters. They meet people to become aware of their problems. People greet the UN Commissioner and the members of the Advisory Council. A visit to Benghazi where they meet the Emir of Cyrenaica. People holding placards in front of the Emir's palace to greet the Advisory Council. They meet the Emir, who is the religious Muslim leader, in his place. The headquarters of the Commissioner and the Advisory Council, where Mustafa Qasim Mizran is seen touching his face, as he stands behind king Idris,

Date: 1950
Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675050654
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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025990
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