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UN Forces march on a street, Egyptian crowd on street and sing their praises for the troops in Port Said, Egypt.

UN (United Nations) Forces arrive in Port Said, Egypt during Suez Crisis. The troops walk in a squad on a street. The Egyptian people on either side of the street wave. They sing their praises for the troops. A troop clear people from the streets to make a way for the UN troops. Egyptian crowd on street. People cheer.

Date: 1956, October 26
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069749
The Suez Crisis. British forces prepare to engage Egypt.

Suez crisis. Ships at port in Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt. Aerial views of region. boats maneuver around two sunken ships. British Landing craft grouped at port. British troops in full battle gear, march at port. Other British soldiers sort out artillery pieces and load munitions on trucks. Egyptian men mill about in street where two soldiers are seen. Aerial view of ships moving in canal.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035434
British troops with their luggage embark a ship and a salvage crew takes out a sunken ship hulk from the Suez Canal in Egypt.

British troops evacuating from Port Said in Egypt. United Nations Commander General Eedson Louis Millard Burns gets off from an aircraft. He is greeted by officers. British troops at a dock. The troops aboard a ship leaving for England. The troops with their luggage embark a ship. The ship leaves the dock. A statue. Sunken ships in the Suez Canal. A diver jumps in water for preliminary survey. The sunken ships in the canal. The salvage crew aboard a ship tie a 9 inch cable for taking out hulks. The attached cable. A ship hulk taken out from the canal. The ships in the canal.

Date: 1956, December 10
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069879
Parade and military display by armies of Israel and Egypt prior to Israeli troops marching in to Egyptian territory.

Tension between Egypt and Israel. Parliament of Israel, after Israeli forces march inside the Egyptian territory. Members in discussion with each other. Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) during a military parade salute Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. Infantry and jeeps during the parade. Military parade and military displays by Egyptian army. Marching troops of infantrymen, trucks, tanks and canons during the march.

Date: 1956, October 29
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036650
Britain, France, and Israel attack Egypt following nationalization of the Suez Canal.

Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal leads to war as Israel attacks Egypt, and France and Britain embark troops for transport to a joint staging area at the island of Cyprus. View of commercial ships in the Suez canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. in discussion with officials. French troops embarking a transport ship in the port of Marseille, France. Brief glimpse of their destination port at Cyprus. British troops boarding airliners to take them to Cyprus where they will reinforce the existing British garrison. British and French carriers and warships assembling in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. A flight of four British Hawker Hunter jet fighter-bombers are seen flying in formation. Closeup of one inflight, with rockets mounted beneath its wings. Closeup of a rocket under its right wing. Scene shifts to another Hawker Hunter armed differently. It displays four outer wing rocket rails on each wing, carrying three rockets each. Auxiliary fuel tanks are installed on pylons under each wing. View of the White House in Washington DC. Inside, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles discuss the Suez situation. Next, speaking at a press conference, President Eisenhower states , "the United States was not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions, nor were we informed about them in advance." He asserts America's intent not to become involved and to bring the matter before the UN General Assembly where their is no threat of a veto. He states his intent to "keep in contact with Congressional leaders of both parties," and expresses hope that the United Nations can bring an end to this "tormenting problem." View of the United Nations General Assembly building in New York City. Inside U.S. Secretary of State, Dulles, is seen seated next to America's UN ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Glimpse of the General assembly with all delegates seated.

Date: 1956, November 1
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036656
British Prime Minister Eden suggests peace measures in Middle East, during Israeli armies advance during Israel-Egypt war.

British Prime Minister Anthony Eden suggests peace measures during Israel-Egypt war. Israel infantrymen and commanders advance towards the Sinai Peninsula. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier with rifle checks an empty house. Soldiers on trucks advance towards Egyptian mainland. British Prime Minister Eden offers withdrawal of Anglo-British forces from Suez Canal zone in favor of a United Nation's Police Force.

Date: 1956, November 5
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036663