Cairo
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- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: It’s the wilderness, with Bedouin horsemen thundering by. It is, also, the threshold of a modern city. Cairo - where East and West, and ancient and modern, mix. We find ancient inscriptions flanking ultra-modern buildings. The pyramids, a bus-ride away from the new Shepheard’s Hotel where tea-time is nostalgic. From that river of liquid history, the Nile, the Pic’s Magic Carpet takes us to Cairo’s night life, where Arabic sky signs persuade you that neon lights were specially conceived for that particular language. From the pyramids by moonlight, we move in one the throbbing rhythm that accompanies the top belly dancer of the Middle East in a routine that all of us, ancient and modern, instinctively appreciate.
- Keywords
- Scenery and travel
- Locations
- Egypt; Cairo
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Tim Brinton
- Length of story (in feet)
- 643
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How to cite this record
'Cairo', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 471, 5 Jan 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121470 (Accessed 15 Oct 2025)