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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

1982-0037

Vidéo

2 of 2

1959-08-05

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

director, Daryl Duke; producer/editing, Ross McLean; Patrick Watson; photography, Robert Crone; Erik C. Durschmied; editing, Noel Dodds; reporter, Pierre Berton

Documentary film. Pierre Berton visits the city of Cairo, Egypt. Along his way he discovers marks of progress and signs of a city becoming the center of the Arab nations under the new leadership of President Gamal Abdul Nasser. The film shows beautiful scenes of mosques set against the sky under a blazing sun; President Nasser appearing in lobbies followed by his men; Arab oil exhibition; performance of a belly dancer; the Suez Canal and the Nile River; and Cairo's exports and industry. Berton talks to Secretary General of the Arab Leage, Colonel Yunus, in charge of Suez Canal operations. Other scenes include: Berton demonstrating his athletic abilities as he climbs a 450-foot pyramid in seven minutes; poor villages and desert scenes; a conversation with a village doctor; and the views of a university student and an old woman about Nasser and agrarian reform. <60mn>

English

Libre

V1 8203-0133

GAD 0FD547

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