A gift from the river

Collection title

Banc d'essai

ID

INA00245

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

11/30/1964

Production year

1964

Abstract

“A gift from the river” is presented as a story devised according Herodotus’ stories. Through extracts from the ‘travel journal’, where 400 years BC, the Greek historian traveler recorded his impressions on the Egyptians and their strange customs, Jacques Brissot takes us through the Nile Valley, real gift from a river whose flood waters the fields each year.

Type

video

Production companies

• ORTF - Coproduction
• (CPJB) - Coproduction

Broadcaster

ORTF

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Herodotus

Primary theme

Antiquity

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment / Geography and landscapes
• Landscapes and environment / Water issues
• Economy / Agriculture, breeding

Credits / Cast

• Brissot jacques - Director

Period of events

• From -500 to 0

Map locations

• Egypt - Middle Egypt - Nile Valley

Original language

French

Media running time

15m56

Additional information

-Program of the ORTF Research Department