An Egyptian Village (1940-1949)

British Instructional Films Presents A Classroom Film. Egypt. Views of a village. Religious building (mosque?), man riding on a mule. Title reads: “Morning“. Villagers lead cattle and camels through the village. Sheep are herded through countryside and over a bridge. A child runs along behind them. A woman walks through the street with water carrier on her head. Men greet each other in the street. Four women who have collected water from a small canal carry urns of water on their heads. Men working in the fields, ploughs pulled by water buffalo. Man digs a water trench with a pick. Many men working in the fields with hand tools. A man picks a crop by hand. Goats and sheep in a field. Man herds them with a stick. Children sit at school desks in the open air. Chicks. School children read from books. C/U of schoolgirl reading. Shepherd with his flock. Woman doing her washing in a large pan. Woman rocks a baby (?) in a contraption made of wood and string. Women make large flat brea
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