Egyptian bullock-pump Drawing Water

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Travelogue
1897
1min
United Kingdom
No Dialogue with English subtitles

Victorian travelogue scene filmed in rural Egypt

Traipsing round and around… a bullock turns a large cog.. turning a smaller cog… turning another, collecting water in pots for the fields. This Sisyphean sight is captured by the camera of Henry Short. Following a 14-part tour of Spain and Portugal that he shot for RW Paul in 1896, Henry Short went to Egypt for this 1897 follow-up series.

Genres
Travelogue
Subjects
Egypt, Bullocks, Irrigation