Pyramids From The Air (1923)

Item title reads - Climb “skyscrapers“ of Egypt! Party of British aviators makes ascent of 5000 year old pyramids - examples of stupendous engineering achievement. L/S of the pyramids in the distance. L/S as people climb up and down the different blocks on one of them, it makes them look very small. Intertitle - ’2,300,000 separate blocks of stone in this pyramid, each stone weighs about 5000 pounds.’ L/S of the pyramid, M/S of airmen climbing down the blocks. Intertitle - ’The airmen fly over the world’s oldest monuments of human industry.’ Various aerial views of the pyramids as the aeroplane slowly flies over them. Intertitle - ’The eternal guardian of the tombs of the Pharaohs.’ M/S of the Sphinx from the front, it fades to black. 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