How cotton was grown in 1940s Egypt

A video released by the British Pathé news archive shows how cotton was grown in Egypt, during the haydays of the 1940s (watch, runtime: 08:32). The silent footage demonstrates the steps of cotton cultivation, from preparing the land and irrigation to sowing the cotton seed and harvesting the crops. Film nerds with a thing for documentaries in the silent era would find it worth it. For more old footage of Egypt, you can check the British Pathé video library.