King Tut - 1922 | Movietone Moment | 26 November 2021

On this day in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter entered King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Here is a British Movietone report from the exhibition at the British Museum in 1972. GV minarets & sunset over Cairo. GV Sphinx. GV pan Valley of King and entrance to tomb of Tutankhamen. CU plate on wall “Tomb of Tutankhamen“. LV interior of tomb. CU Tutankhamen in tomb with gold mask on. SV ditto pan up to figures on wall. SV child’s chair & footstool on view in Cairo Museum. LV BOAC cargo plane taxiing in at London Airport. GV very large crate about to be unloaded containing Tutankhamen’s treasure. Front V ditto being unloaded. GV exterior British Museum. Angle shot name “Treasures of Tutankhamen“. LV Queen and party arriving. SV exhibit No 1, wooden statue of Tutankhamen. SV Queen looking at ditto. SV wooden statues (No 1). SV Queen looking at exhibit No 8, stopper from Canopic chest. SV No 8. LV Queen looking at same. CU Exhibit No 28. SV No 26. SV No 27. CU Queen looking at exhibits. CU No 43 (vulture pendant). SV No 21