Arabs back Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser on seizure of Suez Canal, in Cairo. President Gamal Abdel Nasser speaks over the microphone. Indian Diplomat Krishna Menon disembarks from an Air India flight. Russian delegates disembark from the aircraft. Representatives of 22 Nations attend the London Conference. British troops at airport ready to use force if the Conference fails.
Visit of Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov, the newly appointed Soviet Foreign Minister, in Cairo Egypt during "Evacuation Week" (Egypt celebrating the departure of the last British forces from the Suez Canal Zone). An aircraft taxis on a runway at an airfield. Soviet dignitaries including Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov disembark from the aircraft. He reviews Egyptian troops. Brief view of a young woman (possibly daughter of Minister Shepilov, who is known to have been on the trip) greeting a young woman. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seen beside Minister Shepilov (wearing white suit) in a later scene.
1956 Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London, England (of the motion picture, "The Battle of the River Plate"). British and Hollywood celebrities arriving at the Empire Theatre (Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom) for the event. Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (Miller) accompanied by her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, pass through the foyer. Hollywood actress Joan Crawford arrives with her husband, Alfred Steele (CEO of Pepsi-Cola). Queen Elizabeth II arrives followed by Princess Margaret. Reginald Bromhead, chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, introduces Queen Elizabeth II of England to stars, including Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature standing on her left. A grandson of Mr. Bromhead offers flowers to the Queen.
A fleet of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea going towards Egypt during the Suez Crisis. Aircraft in flight. A number of ships on the water surface. French and British troops aboard the ship with military trucks. Soldiers clean rifles. A group of soldiers relaxes on a ship deck. The troops load boxes. Soldiers in combat uniform descend using a netted rope.
A fleet of European ships underway at sea towards Egypt during the Suez Crisis. British and French troops get onto landing crafts from the ships. The landing crafts with troops head towards a beachhead. Smoke rises from an explosion on a beach. Soldiers walk towards the beach with rifles in hand.
European troops in Egypt during the Suez Crisis. British and French troops take positions with rifles in hand. They advance towards a beachhead. Egyptian prisoners are held. A large number of prisoners walk on the beach. Soldiers load a wooden box on a landing craft. European troops behind a sandbag wall on the beachhead.
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