A United Nations Meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York USA. The national leaders of various countries during the conference. Timeframe is during the Suez Crisis. The conference hall with representatives of the participating nations. The speakers arrive and take there chairs.
Film opens with aerial views of City of Suez and environs during the invasion of Egypt by Israel, Britain, and France, to seize control of the Suez Canal and overthrow Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in 1956. At TC:00:24 is an aerial view of two ships scuttled by the Egyptians in Port Said at the entrance to the Suez Canal. Many ships are seen in Port Said, itself, including a large British landing craft (L9006). Glimpse of British sailors on the landing craft with Union Jack waving above them. Formations of British soldiers, wearing Balmoral bonnet headgear, marching inland from the port. Area of the port covered with artillery pieces and war materiel being loaded into trucks. Closeup of British soldiers loading shells and ammunition into trucks. Egyptian men mingling on the streets of Port Said. A British soldier and an officer are seen amongst them. Low altitude aerial view of the Suez Canal. View of ships at entrance of the Canal in Port Said (with the scuttled ship blockade behind them) . A British Dido Class light cruiser is seen with the ships.
The Liberty Loan Parade in Washington DC during the World War I. Troops of soldiers with guns marching down the roads. A massive crowd gathered to witness the event. Transporting at dockyard. The parade has cavaliers and nurses as well. A poster calling for entries in the U.S. Navy can be seen near the hull of the U.S. Navy ship.
Several separate scenes from World War I. Brief glimpse of 4th Liberty Loan parade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the First World War. The Liberty Loan Committee with group of persons standing in front of their stand. Employees of Heyl & Patterson Inc. carry a banner announcing 100% subscription in the 4th Liberty Loan drive. Sign on street pole tells directions to the American Locomotive Pittsburgh works. Scene changes to London,England, where British Army drummers stand and play in front of a YMCA building. People in crowd behind them wave American flags. Americans, including YMCA workers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, and English friends celebrate in a parade,accompanied by a British Army band and escorted by London Bobbies (policemen). Revelers ride in cars bedecked with American flags. Many ride on Army trucks. U.S. officers ride in staff cars. Another change of scene shows a U.S. Navy cinematographer hand cranking his motion picture camera, while standing in an open car. The car has a sign on its side reading: "Photographic Division, U.S. Navy." Another sailor sits in driver's seat while a third keeps pedestrians clear from the camera line of sight.
U.S. Navy troops marching on the roads in the Liberty Loan Parade, Washington DC in USA during World War I. Three floats in the parade can also be seen. The U.S. Navy sailors putting up recruitment posters depicting a wounded being treated, another recruiting poster shows German U-boat destroyed. Another shows a woman saying "Gee, I wish I were a man. I'd join the Navy".
A trainer at a U.S. Army base camp giving instructions to trainee soldiers about operation and loading of an automatic rifle, during World War I. Trainees learning lessons to operate an anti-sub gun. Its bullets can also be seen.
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