Up the Nile to Central Africa
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1997.7.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-
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content: William O. Field films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (51 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928
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: Footage documents travel of a Smithsonian Institution expedition by steamboat up the Nile River into Sudan. Film features views of major Egyptian archaeological sites including the Gizeh pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings and the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb, Luxor, Karnak and the ruins of the Temple of the Philae partially submerged by the Aswan Dam. Also shown are scenes of the Straits of Messina, Suez Canal, Cairo streetlife, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, the Aswan Dam, banks of the Nile from steamer, dhows, people, villages, and Sudanese cities of Khartoum and Omdurman. Further up the river scenes include Sudanese tribespeople (probably Shilluk) engaged in various daily activities such as men making knives, women washing clothes, fetching water from the river, and men and women and children dancing.

Legacy Keywords: Irrigation Egypt ; Archaeological sites Egypt ; Boats Egypt ; Animals cows oxen camels horses cobra Egypt ; Boats machinery Egypt ; Religious procession Egypt ; Religious ceremony Egypt ; Snake charming Egypt