This "scène en plein air", produced in April 1914 by the Milanese Film, the Italian "corresponding" company of the Pathé Frères, presents a touristic excursion in Egypt, where the European visitors enjoy the cruise on the Nile river and visit the huge ruins and the temples in the desert.
Watch the official Excursion to Ancient Egypt 1914 trailer in HD below.
France 01 May 1914
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1914:
01 November 1914
This 1914 drama set in the WWI-era relates a heroic act carried out by a war nurse for the Red Cross (Dora Tschitorina) who has witnessed the death of her husband (Ivan Mosjoukine).
08 October 1914
A young English nobleman is sent to Switzerland by his parents, where he meets a mysterious older woman with whom he has a torrid three-week romance.
21 January 1914
Moving Picture World categorized the film as “a nonsense number”, but Normand's Won in a Closet, her second as director, displays her burgeoning talent.
24 October 1914
A doctor kills and embalms a woman in order to preserve her beauty.
25 July 1914
John Stafford is unjustly arrested on the eve of his marriage for the murder of an old gentleman whose body was found in his guardian's library.
01 January 1914
The editor of the Bungleville Bugle posts a sign on the door, informing the citizens that he is going to a better town.
09 November 1914
Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in favor of Fritz, a little fat German.
28 January 1914
At the instigation of Sybel, an adventuress, Black, a society parasite, steals a valuable diamond brooch.
23 April 1914
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio.
30 May 1914
Mary Jones, slavey, lonely and unloved, advertises in a matrimonial paper for a good man to marry her.
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