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An amateur film taken by 28925 Flight Sergeant Clair Gordon Rogers while serving in Egypt with the RAAF and on return to Australia in 1946. The first scene is a brief close up of a sign for the RAAF Liaison Office in Cairo. Long shot views of the office. A group of RAAF men sitting in conversation with one another. Cairo street scenes. Close studies of Egyptian civilians. A group of RAAF men waving from the upper windows of the RAAF Liaison Office. More street scenes. British Military Police stopping and questioning an Egyptian carriage driver. Civic buildings . A Christian Coptic funeral procession mourners and clergy following a ornate horse drawn hearse. Kings Birthday parade showing RAF and Army band march past leading contingents from the empire march past the saluting dais. Contingents include Indian, Kenya, and Australian troops. Another funeral procession this time filmed from a window several floors up probably at the RAAF Liaison Office. Servicemen on a sight seeing tour of Egyptian antiquities. An Egyptian peasant drawing water with a shadouf. An Australian riding a camel. Sight seeing at Saqqara showing Step Pyramid of Djozer, Egypt's oldest stone monumental building. Australian in a pretend boxing match with an Egyptian. Countryside film during a train journey. A cricket match at the Gezira Club. A Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) restaurant. The Australian Services Club showing men leaning out of the balcony. Mail time at the club showing parcels distributed and men reading letters. A long shot of Alexandria harbour. Street scenes and a panorama of the harbour. The El Alamein Club and a cricket match between Australia and England. the Abu el-Abbas el-Mursi Mosque in Alexandria,. An Australian speaking with an Egyptian at the mosque. Shot taken from on the Great Pyramid showing Australians climbing up. Views of from top of the pyramid. Scenes from a boat trip on the Nile River. RAAF personnel relaxing playing cards and tennis. A service wedding. RAAF loading a truck possibly out side the RAAF Liaison Office, packing up for return to Australia. Scenes on board a troop ship views of the harbor and shoreline. Start of colour footage showing a troopship crowded with service personnel, the ship is flying a French flag. Scenes of the Suez Canal and latter Red Sea taken from the ship. Arrival at India showing a large sign 'Welcome to India but Mum's the word' Street scenes, possibly Bombay. On board ship at sea. RAAF rescue boat 0212 approaching the troopship. Arrival at an Australian port showing 'Welcome home' painted in large letters on the roof of a port building.
Part 1 of Flight Sergeant Clair Gordon Rogers RAAF: home movie Egypt and return to Australia 1946
Part 2 of Flight Sergeant Clair Gordon Rogers RAAF: home movie Egypt and return to Australia 1946
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