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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies at conference to persuade President Nasser of Egypt, to accept international control of Suez Canal

President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt enters building in Cairo, for 5 nation talks regarding control of the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis. Egyptian officials follow President Nasser. Prime Minister of Australia Sir Robert Gordon Menzies climbs stairs to the building, followed by officials. Other delegates arrive for the conference and are all escorted inside. President Nasser and Prime Minister Menzies stand in hall and converse. They shake hands. Other delegates file into the hall. Prime Minister Menzies seen leaving the conference, followed by phalanx of reporters.

Date: 1956, September 3
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056024
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, leaves Cairo, after failed negotiations with President Nasser of Egypt

Passengers board British European Airways Vickers Vicount airliner at Cairo Airport. Among those boarding is Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, who just concluded an unsuccessful attempt to persuade President Nasser, of Egypt, to accept international control of the Suez Canal. Among those bidding Menzies, and his party, farewell, is U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Henry A. Byroade, who is seen conversing quietly with another diplomat, as the airplane prepares to leave. The aircraft engines start, propellers turn, and it taxis away.

Date: 1956, September 4
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056025
Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, Sammy Davis Jr., and political supporters, at informal gathering in California.

U.S. President Democratic party candidate Adlai Stevenson attends an informal backyard gathering of supporters in California. He accepts a donut from woman who wears a campaign button with "Adlai" written on it. Mr. Stevenson dunks his donut in a cup of coffee, as he converses with the woman. American singer and actor Sammy Davis Jr. comes over and shakes Adlai Stevenson's hand and they converse. Several other participants are seen.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056026
President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with their grandchildren, at their farm in Gettysburg,Pennsylvania

Church sign reads: "Gettysburg Presbyterian Church". Scenes of the Eisenhowers with their grandchildren at their farm home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. President Eisenhower's grandson, David, wearing a Civil War hat, holds reins of a horse. President Eisenhower and First Lady, Mamie, sit in a golf cart and speak to granddaughter Barbara, who holds reins of a horse. President and Mrs. Eisenhower walk in garden at back of their farm home in Gettysburg. Brief view of the "Frisco Bell", a gift to the Eisenhowers from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company. Hood of the golf cart has "Mamie" and "Ike" painted on it. Mrs. Eisenhower holds youngest grandchild, Susan, while sitting with David and Barbara in back of the golf cart. Scenes of house and garden. David astride a horse, next to President Eisenhower in front seat of golf cart and Mrs. Eisenhower sitting with Barbara and Susan in the back. Grandson, David, rides by on the horse, and reporters make notes. David poses wearing his Civil War hat. Scenes of folks moving all around in the Eisenhower yard and horses being led and ridden by David. The Eisenhowers in golf cart with their three grandchildren. President Eisenhower takes the wheel and drives the golf cart with Mrs. Eisenhower and the grandchildren in it. The Eisenhowers stroll in their garden. View of large sand bunker on Ike's home golf course. View of house and barn. End view of house with windmill. Eisenhowers in golf cart with grandchildren confronted by phalanx of photographers.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056028
Robert Lacoste, French Resident minister of Algeria, arrives at airport,is met by officials and given ceremonial welcome.

A large crowd of Algerians and Colonials gather at airport to witness arrival of Resident Minister of Algeria, Robert Lacoste. He arrives on a DC-3 aircraft and is met by local officials, military officers, and Algerians holding Algerian tricolor flags. He rides through the streets in a motorcade. Spectators applaud as the motorcade passes. Robert Lacoste ascends a reviewing stand and watches a military parade of French forces. A band plays and soldiers march past during the ceremony. Tanks and trucks loaded with soldiers drive past Buildings seen in the background. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets to greet the Resident Minister. Girls stand outside the "College Moderne De Jeunes Filles" building to greet the Resident Minister

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056050
Robert Lacoste, French Resident minister of Algeria and entourage visit a glass bottle factory in Algeria

Robert Lacoste, French Resident minister of Algeria, and French officers and officials are escorted on a tour of an Algerian glass bottle factory. Lacoste and escorts walk towards, and enter a factory building. They watch as the Algerian workers operate the machinery and equipment and process glass bottles. Mr. Lacoste speaks with some of the workers. He and his group of visitors look at a bottle produced in the plant.

Date: 1956
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056051