The 7th Egyptian battalion departs for Khartoum from Cairo, Egypt. Soldiers in train, meet their relatives and other soldiers. People stand over the bridge and the railway platform. People outside the station cheer Mustafa Nahas Pasha. People around the railroad cars.
Spartakiada, a Soviet Union festival of sports held on the opening of the VI Lenin Stadium (Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow on 31 July, 1956. Participating athletes from all over the Soviet Union as well as other countries, are seen parading in the opening ceremonies. Almost all carry flags and banners. Some accompany decorated floats. Massed flags of participating Soviet republics and other nations are carried in a parade. Pigeons are released as in Olympic openings. Some participants appear to be from Sudan. Behind them in the background a stadium clock displays a sign in Cyrillic reading "МИР," (the World). Women participants dance. Some Asian women dance with fans. Band members massed on the field create a "wave" with a large net over their heads.
An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers aboard LSTs ( Landing Ship Tanks) and LCIs ( Landing Crafts Infantry) underway at sea. Barrage balloons in flight overhead. The coast of Capri in the background. Soldiers from Sudan: The Sudanese soldiers aboard ship play checkers and write letters. British soldiers eat chow on a ship's deck. A convoy of Allied vessels underway at sea.
An Arab broadcaster describes events. Gulf state representatives arrive, individually , to meet with King Faisal, of Saudi Arabia, at Blair House, across the street from the White House, Washington, DC, during the King's state visit to the United States. Among those attending are representatives from: Iraq; Tunisia; Libya ; Sudan; and Kuwait (represented by His Excellency Mr. Dawood M. Al-Atiqi ).
Scientific Documentary 'Ancient World-Egypt' depicts ancient Egypt. River Nile on an animated map. Peaks of the Mountain of the Moon in Equatorial Africa. Path of the Nile through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt. Stalactites in caves. Water flowing through rocky terrains. Wild plants and bushes along flowing waters. Small tributaries join together to flow into River Nile.
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.