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Suez is a seaport city in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, the largest in the world.
The filmmaker with his company and three children are at the monument of the 3,000 Indians who gave their lives in Egypt and Palestine during World War I, Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq), next to the sculpture of one of the two stone tigers that surrounded it, symbolically guarding the port.
In the 1960s, the tiger sculptures, along with the rest of the Port Tewfik monument, were destroyed during the Arab-Israeli war. Next to the sculpture is a guard of the monument, with a rifle.
Then the group approaches the trailer of a, traditionally dressed with galabeya and turban, open-air peanut seller. Everyone gets supplied with a small bag of peanuts.
Next we see two flags: on the right the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, which was abolished after the Egyptian revolution in 1952, when the Republic of Egypt was established (1953) and on the left the modern Egyptian flag. For a few years they waved together, until society got used to them.
Next shot of two passing ships in the Gulf of Suez.
The filmmaker's entourage is gathered on a wooden pier, next to an iron tower, at the top of which there were lights for the night passage of ships.
The company has focused on the preparation for fishing. The children enjoy the whole process with curiosity and joy.
Two cruise ships (one of them, the "Pasteur") pass very close to the pier.
The filmmaker with his company and three children are at the monument of the 3,000 Indians who gave their lives in Egypt and Palestine during World War I, Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq), next to the sculpture of one of the two stone tigers that surrounded it, symbolically guarding the port.
In the 1960s, the tiger sculptures, along with the rest of the Port Tewfik monument, were destroyed during the Arab-Israeli war. Next to the sculpture is a guard of the monument, with a rifle.
Then the group approaches the trailer of a, traditionally dressed with galabeya and turban, open-air peanut seller. Everyone gets supplied with a small bag of peanuts.
Next we see two flags: on the right the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, which was abolished after the Egyptian revolution in 1952, when the Republic of Egypt was established (1953) and on the left the modern Egyptian flag. For a few years they waved together, until society got used to them.
Next shot of two passing ships in the Gulf of Suez.
The filmmaker's entourage is gathered on a wooden pier, next to an iron tower, at the top of which there were lights for the night passage of ships.
The company has focused on the preparation for fishing. The children enjoy the whole process with curiosity and joy.
Two cruise ships (one of them, the "Pasteur") pass very close to the pier.
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