Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur colour footage shot and edited by Rosie Newman of her Mediterranean cruise and travels in Egypt, probably 1937.
Description:The film opens with Rosie Newman climbing into a DH Dragon Rapide at an unidentified airfield, followed by a long shot of a Tiger Moth in flight. High angle shots of London with the Thames, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey clearly visible. Interior shots in the DH Dragon Rapide aircraft. High angle shots of Paris (probably from the Arc de Triomphe) Shots from Handley Page 42 inflight of the aircraft's wing structure. Shots of a DH Dragon Rapide taxiing to a halt. Embarking on the cruise ship «SS Esperia» at Genoa, brief scenes on board the ship. Steaming into the Bay of Naples. Nannies and their charges in a park in Naples. Long shot of Mount Vesuvius in eruption and of Solfatara (known as little Vesuvius) with an active crater of boiling lava. Shot of the «SS Esperia» in harbour. Shot of an Italian battleship. Shots off of Capri. Arriving at Syracuse, with footage of the Amphitheatre, the Grotto del Paradise and of a Fransiscan monk in his Monastery. Scenes of the entry into and disembarkation at Cairo. Various scenes in Cairo including the Sultan Hasan Mosque, The Citadel, the Ibn Tulun Mosque, street scenes, a cemetery, and scenes in the bazaars. Shots taken inside of the Cairo Museum including footage of the various treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamen. Shots of animals grazing and agricultural workers in the "centre of Cairo", and a flock of egrets. Mrs Kelly riding her horse "Gabar". Shots of various locations in Cairo, the British Minister's house, the gardens of the British Embassy, The Abdin Royal Palace and the Gazireh Golf Club. Shots of a final match of the Open Cup at the Polo Ground, with Princess Alice presenting the Cup. Racing at Heliopolis. Brief shot of Hylma Bey, the Channel swimmer. Shots of the Seiramis Hotel, feluccas on the Nile, Menahouse (?), brief shot of British Army manoeuvres, the Pyramids, the Sphinx, scenes on the road to Sakkara and the step pyramid at Sakkara. Footage of the Camel Corps and of Bedouins. Scenes in and around Burg-el-Arab ("a model Arab village") showing construction work, the village shoemaker, a Arab women carrying her baby, Arab tents and local wild flowers. Shots of a tomb of a Marabout, and Arab children posing with a camel. Interior and exterior shots of Dar-el-Badia, in the Western Desert. Scenes in and arouned Luxor, including film of Nokrashy Pasha (ex-Prime Minister of Egypt), the Winter Palace Hotel and it's gardens, Karnak, an Arab village, the vegetable market, the Sultana's Palace on the bank of the Nile, the temple of Luxor and scenes along the Nile. Scenes in and around Aswan, approaching Aswan along the Nile, panning shot over Aswan and the Nile, the Cataract Hotel, the practically submerged Temple of Philae and feluccas on the Nile. Shots of the Nile Dam, showing the sluice gates, boys diving for bakshish and the Navigation Canal. Boys on the water in small hand paddled boats and a passing shot of Elephant Island. Shots of agriculture and an Arab village on the banks of the Nile, including a water wheel and a threshing machine. Shots of Bisharin tribesman. Sunset over the desert. Aswan train station. Scenes in Alexandria harbour, cotton being loaded and various panning shots across the harbour. Final scenes shot during the departure from Alexandria, including street sellers, flowers and luggage being transported on board ship, money being exchanged, departing porters being searched, shot of an Imperial Airways flying boat taking off and shots of the harbour. Followed by the caption "From the rising of the sun, Unto the going down of the same, Great shall be His Name.". The film ends with shots of the Egyptian flag and the Union Jack.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
