FORD PLANT EGYPT [Main Title]

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  • Title: FORD PLANT EGYPT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: FWR 59
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  • Summary: Footage of the Ford works and dealer in Egypt.
  • Description: The film opens with a shot of a Ford car parked in front of the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza. At the Ford works packing cases are received and unpacked. The finishing touches are put to a Ford car. An elegantly dressed lady enters the Ford showroom and purchases a car. In the servicing department, an engine from an old Ford is reconditioned. Building work on new factory premises is shown.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: FWR 59
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1948
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  • Production Details: Ford Motor Company (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 492 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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