INLAND WATER TRANSPORT, EGYPT
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 31).
Synopsis
Unedited film of boats on the River Nile carrying compressed horse fodder ('tiffin'), Egypt, 1918 (?).
The first boat, a steamer, tows two barges, followed by a Victoria Shipping Line steamer 'pushing' its barges. A small steamer, marked as S35, and two melon boats pass through a swing bridge. Two converted passenger steamers, SS Fostat and SS Serapis, carry sacks on deck. Finally some boats being towed by a small steamer.
Notes
Title: this is taken from the shotsheet.
Summary: see also IWM 31 sections and IWM 634.
Titles
- INLAND WATER TRANSPORT, EGYPT
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1918
- Running Time:
- 7 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 389 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Information (?)
- cameraman
- Hurley, Frank (?)
- cameraman
- Jeapes, Harold (?)
- Production company
- Topical Film Company (?)
