Thebes Aka Thebes - The Modern Aladdin’s Cave (1922)

Egypt. Full titles read: “THEBES - THE MODERN ALADDIN’S CAVE - Where Lord Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter have discovered - antiquities 3,000 years old, worth millions.“ L/S of baron Egyptian wasteland. M/S of entrance to the cave or tomb. The camera pans from left to right past mountains. L/S’s of ancient Egyptian ruins. Nice L/S shot of two men (perhaps Carter and Carnarvon walking through dark passage way. L/S of the archaeology team standing on top of large man made stones. M/S of native Egyptian in traditional dress waving his hand across the entrance to the tomb. L/S of ruins. Intertitle reads: “...and still the inscrutable Sphinx looks down on Man’s efforts to solve the ages long history of this mysterious land.“ Good M/S of the Sphinx and large pyramid behind it. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT