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1950s. Tour through the city of Alexandria, Egypt. aswan damHorse hoofs clopping down a road. Close up on Egyptian carriage driver's face. Horse drawn carriage moving down a brightly lit road. View from a balcony (likely shot from the Steigenberger Cecil Hotel) of an Egyptian strip; a plaza (believe to be Saad Zaghloul Square) with a large monument (possibly the Saad Zaghloul Pasha statue) in the foreground, buildings in the background, and a road and Mediterranian ocean to the left. Carriage, doused in shadows, moves through, with palm trees and a column in the background, before camera pans to the Al Qaed Ibrahim Mosque. Tip of the Al Qaed tower, with wooden scaffolds, and palm trees in the foreground. Distant view of the Abu al-Abbas Mosque, with roads and palm trees obscuring view. Top of the Abu Mosque. Over the shoulder view of carriage driver, moving down a dusty road towards Fort Qaitbay. The silhouettes of a man with a camera and a shorter man in a robe and fez move towards the entrance of the Citadel of Qaitbay, the fort framed by an archway.

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