Cairo 1938 221670-09

Daily life in Cairo -unedited footage.
[Egypt, 1938 -  Cairo Daily Life & Farouk Leading Officials in March or Parade; Italian Community]
Men & one woman walking thru ornate iron gates, students?.  (Some camera shutter problems).
01:13:43  Cairo corner w/ sign:  National Bank of Egypt over entrance, people walking past & in & out.  Street scenes w/ policeman directing traffic.  GOOD.
01:14:07  Exterior of large government or palace building.  Other large government building.
01:14:45  High angle of assembled military at attention, cars; pan across line of troops w/ large stone buildings behind.  Statue of mounted rider on large pedestal in center of square. 
01:15:45  LS from above of large building complex.  Statue of mounted rider on pedestal, traffic in street alongside & beyond.
01:16:30  LS across rooftops of Cairo.
01:17:00  LS of modern apartment buildings along tree lined street.
01:17:17  Minaret & mosque from above w/ buildings beyond.
01:17:32  Intersection of traffic circle & large apartments lining streets.
01:18:04  Entrance to Egyptian Museum (?) w/ papyrus-like columns.
01:18:24  Troops carrying rifles marching past four abreast as crowds watch.  View along people lining street.  Officers marching past.  King Farouk marching in civilian formal dress leading government VIPs.
01:19:03  People moving past on sidewalk & in street, large sign in Arabic.  Women carrying small babies.  Street car up street; pedestrians & traffic.  Man standing on sidewalk seen from inside car.  European family standing on sidewalk.  Others.  POV from car past sidewalk cafes & pedestrians.
01:21:02  View up wide street from intersection, parked cars & trolley; light traffic.  Ornate buildings.
01:21:31  Front view of Banca Commercial Italiano Legitto.   People past.  Front of Radio shop w/ signs in Italian.
01:22:04  Front of Banque Misr. 
01:22:25  Ornate building fronts, cars parked along street.  People pass Banca Commercial Italiano Legitto.
People in & out.  National Bank of Egypt entrance & people & traffic on street.
01:23:15  Signs:  Al Ahram on modern building.
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[Nertrender]

thank you so much for this, I plan on running a roleplay campaign in Cairo around this time and this helps a lot. one thing I can't find is a good map