Travel footage of Egypt
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1999.10.14
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hansen, Anne
label: Collection Creator
content: Hansen, John V., 1880-1955
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content: John and Anne Hansen films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Film reels (4 hours 55 minutes, black-and-white silent; 7833 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1926-1930
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 chronicles John V. Hansen's and his wife's travels from New York City to Egypt by way of Italy.  Filmed on the way to Egypt are leaving New York City harbor, ship board activities and scenes of Italy (Naples, Bay of Naples, Vesuvius, Syracuse, Sicily, and Ischia Island).  Scenes in Egypt include Cairo, El-Hazar Mosque, Mosque of Amr, Mohamed Ali Mosque, Alabaster Mosque, Sultan Hasan Mosque, Mausoleum of Twefig Pasha, Tombs of the Caliphs, Heliopolis, Maqattan Hill, the Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, Temple of Hathor, Great Pyramids, Libyan Desert, Fayum City, Temple of Dendur, Rock Temple of Gerf Hussein, Temple of Siboua, Rock Temple of Abu Simbel, Wadi Halfa, Dabarose, Colossus of Abu Simbel, Assuan Komombo, statue of Horus, Assuan Dam, Luxor Medamutt, Memnons, Deir El Medina, Ramesseum, Seti Temple, Colossus of Memnon, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Ptah obelisk, Tomb of Menne, Hatshepsut's Tomb, Medient Habu, Tombs of the Nobles, Memphis, Kirdasa village, and the Nile River.  Footage also contains many scenes of local life including bazaars and markets, snake and scorpion handlers, musicians, camels and water buffalo, farming and irrigation, water wheels, boats on the Nile, railway station and street scenes, craftsmen, tourists on camels and visiting various sites and archaeological excavations.  

Legacy Keywords: Pyramids ; Tombs ; Temples Egypt ; Sailboats Egypt ; Camels Egypt ; Obelisks ; Bazaar markets ; Hieroglyphics Egypt ; Sculpture ; Zoos ; Oases Egypt ; Ships ; Ruins Egypt. ; Excavations (archaeology) Egypt ; Snakes