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- As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
- James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
- An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.
- Each episode of Extreme Engineering features a major construction and engineering project. Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. Other projects are those under construction like the Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Alps. Still other episodes showcase futuristic projects that may never be built, like the Transatlantic Tunnel. Most episodes examine possible disaster scenarios that could threaten the projects.
- An evil desert bandit kidnaps the son of a sultan and raises him as his own. It turns out that the son has magic powers and is invincible. Years later, as a young man, he falls in love with a woman and is preparing to raid a village--when he finds out that the woman is actually his brother's fiance and the village belongs to his real father.
- This very interesting and instructive industrial picture illustrates the primitive methods still in vogue in Egypt, along the upper Nile. Our boat stops at a small landing place and, walking a short distance from the river, we see an Egyptian ploughing and one cannot help but wonder how vegetation can ever spring from the sun-baked earth. We are enlightened when we behold the odd system of irrigation. A native draws water from a well by means of a "shadoff," a peculiar well sweep, and the laborers irrigate the ground by building small squares and dams which regulate the flow. Sowing and harrowing are done by hand. We next visit a half-grown wheat field where we see the natives fertilizing the soil with powdered "guano." The following view is of the laborers reaping with crude sickles. Now we visit the Egyptian farmer during his threshing season. The wheat is placed on the ground and a rough sled, called a "norag," is driven over it, revolving discs forcing out the grain. The winnowing and grinding into flour next receive our attention. Then we see the natives kneading the dough and placing the loaves into primitive ovens. A little Egyptian girl offers us a loaf and guarantees that it is whole wheat. The making of straw brick, from the first operation of digging the clay to the baking by the sun, is shown through all the different processes and will be found of special interest. A series of novel views show the method of making cloth, the shearing of the sheep, spinning the yarn, framing, winding, the operation of the loom and the final transaction of purchasing and paying for the completed article.
- Cairo, the wonderful city of the ancient as well as the modern Egyptians. The panoramic view from the Citadel bridges the narrow congested streets and the quaint stone buildings as they stretch back as far as the eye can see like a great white sheet to the very shores of the river Nile. The tombs of the Khalifs, specimens of early architecture, attract the tourist. In ancient times when the city Cairo was walled for defense, ponderous iron gates closed out the stranger and warrior. In these days of peace the traveler still passes through these ponderous doors, not without, however, a feeling of awe and wonder. The great Citadel built in 1160 is used by the English for governmental purposes. In it are to be found the Viceroy's residence, the arsenal, the mint and the public offices. Mosques, Arab cafés, public parks and military barracks all reflect the peculiar life of the Egyptian, the Cairo Egyptian, the descendant of one of the oldest and powerful nations of the ancient world.
- A film portrait about the moving life of German painter Karl Weschke. Born in Gera he grew up as the son of a prostitute and as a streetkid always dreamed of being a hero. Hitler seemed to be that hero, but then he was taken to England as a prisoner of war and received education in a British re-education camp. Today in the UK he is a well-known painter, with eight paintings in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery. It took him to become 70 to realize a lifelong dream: Egypt, the cradle of mankind for him. The film follows Karl Weschke, now being 74. From is home town Gera, to Cornwall and finally to Egypt, which - after having seen it for the first time - enlighted all his paintings.
- As the tourists wander about the old temples of Luxor they marvel at the avenue of columns. Mounting donkeys they Journey to Karnak, about two miles distant. The great hall of the Temple at Karnak is very impressive and we behold a gigantic column in the foreground, which measures 23 feet in circumference. Under the temple is the king's secret passageway and a weird atmosphere pervades the scene. The travelers cross the River Nile and enter the ancient town of Thebes. Through the Valley of Death to the Rest-House they journey and are confronted by grotesque skulls of mummies, thousands of years old. Returning to Luxor the tourists are just in time to witness a quaint Mohammedan procession.
- Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth.