The ships of the desert/ storm on the Canal

Collection title

Thalassa : le magazine de la mer

ID

INA00201

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

11/29/1991

Production year

1991

Abstract

History of the Suez Canal through a montage alternating archival footage and interviews with witnesses of the Canal Company and Egyptian officials. The canal is currently the second largest source of income of Egypt.

Type

video

Production companies

• France Régions 3 - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Nasser Gamal Abdel
• Pineau Christian
• Sadat Anwar Al
• Farouk I

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Secondary themes

• Economy / Trade
• Economy / Roads and transports

Credits / Cast

• Loiseau Jean - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Suez
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Suez Canal
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Ismaïlia
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Port Said

Original language

French

Media running time

25m43

Additional information

Documents Suez Company. Thanks to the Association du Souvenir Ferdinand de Lesseps