Subscribe today using voucher code SUMMER22 for an extended free trial

This film is part of Free

Video Player is loading.

Current Time 0:00

Duration 0:00

Loaded: 0%

Stream Type LIVE

Remaining Time 0:00

Title of error

See Help

Egypt and Her Defenders

Cairo street scenes, the pyramids, the majestic Nile and a visiting Lord Kitchener in a gorgeous tinted travelogue.

Travelogue 1914 10 mins Silent

Overview

This lovely travelogue shows off Egypt's exotic delights to an audience that could hardly hope to see them with their own eyes. It acquires some topical gravitas with the presence of Lord Kitchener, seen inspecting Egyptian and Indian troops as war clouds gathered. The film was released in November, by which time Kitchener was very much in the public eye as Secretary of State for War.

Genres

Travelogue

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

Horatio Kitchener (1850-1916) Cairo Port Said Egypt Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894) Statues Nile Sphinx, The Giza Pyramids, The Islam Procession of the Sacred Carpet Colonial troops Military parades Mosques Processions Pyramids

Watch for free

Lt Pimple and the Stolen Submarine Lt Pimple and the Stolen Submarine

Comedy 1914 14 mins Silent Location: Twickenham

The intrepid Lieutenant Pimple thwarts foreign enemies in an action-packed wartime spy spoof.

Currently unavailable

From Antwerp to Ostend From Antwerp to Ostend

Travelogue 1914 5 mins Silent

On the brink of invasion, holidaymakers promenade while refugees shelter in beach huts on the Belgian coastline in 1914.

Watch for free

German Spy Peril German Spy Peril

War 1914 7 mins Silent

Inventive WWI propaganda in which a rejected volunteer foils a German plot to blow up Parliament.

Watch for free

Gloves of Ptames Gloves of Ptames

Fantasy 1914 9 mins Silent

A mysterious pair of gloves from an ancient Egyptian tomb cause chaos in this silent 'trick' comedy.

Watch for free

Palace Pandemonium Palace Pandemonium

Non-Fiction 1914 1 mins Silent Location: Buckingham Palace

The campaign for women's suffrage steps up as Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Watch for free

How Things Do Develop How Things Do Develop

Comedy 1914 7 mins Silent

Two budding photographers enjoy a day's happy snapping in this quaint comedy caper.

Watch for free

All We Imagine As Light - Exclusive Q&A All We Imagine As Light - Exclusive Q&A

Short interview 2025 28 mins

Payal Kapadia discusses her Cannes prize-winning and Bafta-nominated drama with Ashanti Omkar.

Watch for free

Khichdi Khichdi

Animation & Artists Moving Image 2023 16 mins

The interwoven stories of four best friends who reunite in the UK, thirty-five years after training together as nurses during their teens in Ferozepur, Punjab.