Mehalla
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.24
name: label: Collection Film distributor
content: Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
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content: Penn State educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, black-and-white sound; 220 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced by the Hamilton Wright Organization of New York City with help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo describes life in the industrial community of Mehalla al Cobra (Egypt), the self-described "workman's paradise." Shown are Mehalla's large textile (cotton and wool) mills, worker's housing, schools for millworkers' children and worker recreation activities.

Legacy Keywords:  South America ; Egypt