Egyptian bullock-pump Drawing Water
One of a series of Egyptian scenes filmed by Henry Short for Robert Paul in
Egypt, March/April 1897. Static view of a bullock walking round and round
followed by an Arab. The bullock turns a large cog which turns a
smaller cog which turns another cog with pots attached which picks up water
and irrigates the fields. A small Arab boy watches from teh side. An Arab
passes in front of the camera and two further Arabs talk in the background.