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British Prime minister Churchill inspects artillery and takes lunch with airmen in Egypt during World War II.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits British troops in Egypt during World War II. Prime Minister Churchill arrives and is surrounded by soldiers. He raises his hat. Churchill inspects British artillery. Artillery being fired. Churchill takes lunch with British airmen at a headquarters. He drinks from a glass. Churchill with South African Prime Minister General Jan Smuts and another man and woman with their baby in a pram. Prime minister Churchill plays with the child seated in a pram. The baby is wearing a hat with a "V" for victory pin on it. Churchill holds the child. Clip closes with public service announcement (PSA) with message encouraging viewers to "Help your country! Buy war bonds and stamps at this theatre" superimposed on an image of bomber aircraft and the Statue of Liberty.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065999
Anglo French troops block Suez canal, sunken ships in the canal and Egyptian police on street during a cease fire in Egypt.

British, French and Israeli forces hold positions at the time of cease fire as the discussions in the United Nations goes on the Suez Crisis in Egypt. Smoke rises from a bombed oil dump in Port Said. The sunken vessels at a harbor. People at the harbor. A wrecked vessel. A sign on a board reads 'Port Said Aerodrome'. A damaged building. Two men look out from a window of a building. The rubble scattered on a street. A man and a woman on the street. The bomb damaged buildings. Anglo French troops block a canal. The Anglo French troops unload weapons from a truck. The troops stand in a group holding guns talk. The Egyptian policemen on a street. The men speak to a policeman. A littered street. The people walk on the street. The people walk past a damaged building.

Date: 1956, November 12
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069730
Dag Hammarskjold boards an aircraft for Cairo and UN Forces in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.

Events during the Suez Crisis in Egypt. Officials and delegates at an airport. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold boards an aircraft for Cairo. Ruins and debris of bombed buildings on a street. A building burning. A man on a cart carries two dead men. Several views of the dead people lying on a street. The troops walk on a street. The tanks roll down a street. People crowd on either side of the street. Commander of the UN (United Nation) Forces Canadian General Eedson Louis Millard Burns gets off from an aircraft. The UN troops drive in a jeep. The sunken ships in Suez Canal. A donkey drawn cart and men move towards the canal.

Date: 1956, November 15
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069737
Indian troops march in formation and fire heavy guns in a battlefield in Egypt.

British defense units including Indian regiments fighting in Egypt during World War II. Soldiers aboard jeeps and tanks advancing on a battlefield. Indian troops march in formation. They fire heavy guns on the battlefield. A man writes on a board. Indian soldiers fire anti-aircraft guns. Smoke from firing on the battlefield.

Date: 1940, June 10
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077086
President Nasser starts construction phase of Egypt's Aswan High Dam project.

President Gamal Abdel Nasser launches the construction of the first Soviet-financed phase of Egypt's monumental Aswan High Dam project. King Mohammed V of Morocco attends the launch as the guest of honor. Crowds gathered under a large tent for the event. Egyptian military band playing music. Photographers take pictures of King Mohammed V of Morocco. President Nasser speaks to journalists. An enormous rockslide explosion takes place during the groundbreaking ceremony.

Date: 1960, January 9
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079817
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents in Egypt prepare for mission (WW2)

OSS agents in Egypt select appropriate clothes for their spy mission to Europe during World War 2. An OSS agent rummages through a trunk of clothes. An OSS officer hands out forged passports and documents to the two agents. Agents receive last minute instructions from officer pointing to map on the wall.

Date: 1943
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079981