VIDEO
Egypt to Palestine Item Info
- Title:
- Egypt to Palestine
- Creator (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
- Date Created:
- 1930
- Time Period:
- 1930s
- Description:
- Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip H. Elwood took students on a tour in the summer of 1930. This video covers highlights of the Egypt and Palestine portions of that trip. In Alexandria, Egypt, the group makes a visit to an outdoor restaurant pavilion and sees a crowd at a railroad station as they prepare to depart for Cairo. The next stop is Heliopolis, a suburb and sporting resort of Cairo. By camels they visit the pyramids of Gizeh (Giza) and stop to rest in the desert near the Sphinx. Returning to Cairo they view the city from the heights of the Citadel, watch the English "Tommies" (soldiers) who are standing guard, and examine Moorish architectural details. Traveling back out into the Sahara where it is 120 degrees, they view the site of the Metropolitan Museum's recent excavations, the Great Step Pyramid, and the site of the tomb of Perneb. Back to Heliopolis, the group sees the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, modern apartments, the grandstand and Sultan's Royal Box, and the Indian Palace. Annotation: Video made from original 16 mm film.
- Subject (Topic):
- Travel Pavilions Pyramids Islamic architecture Railroad travel Agriculture
- Subject (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
- Location:
- Egypt--Cairo Egypt Egypt--Heliopolis (Extinct city) Sahara Egypt--Alexandria Egypt--Suez Canal West Bank--Bethlehem Middle East--Jerusalem
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Philip Homer Elwood papers
- Call Number:
- RS 26/5/11
- Archival Series:
- Films, 1927-1931
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tz3j
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 00:18:38
- Medium:
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Genre:
- motion pictures (visual works) silent films black-and-white films (visual works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Digital Collection Title:
- Philip H. Elwood films
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20rw31
- Identifier:
- elwood25
- Filename:
- av10051_h264.mp4
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tw7c
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Egypt to Palestine", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tw7c
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. No permission is required for noncommercial uses. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.