Farm By Pyramids (1943)

FARMING IN EGYPT. Gezer (?) Soldiers greet the head man at a farm in front of the pyramids, various shots of the animals, one soldier picks up a goat. Various shots as local men harvest the wheat, C/U of the seeds. M/S of a threshing machine, a boy sorts through the grist afterwards. M/S as the soldiers wave. Various shots as they try and shovel the grist into the breeze but it blows back on them. M/S’s as oxen draw a plough through the fields, and another turns a water wheel. M/S’s as the soldiers are served coffee in very small cups, one drinks a toast to the head man. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulleti