Field Marshal Smuts visits Cairo. Field Marshal Jan Smuts along with Lord and Lady Hiller at the British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He holds Lord Hiller's son and takes a walk with the family. Smuts at a parade ground where he delivers a Christmas message to soldiers. He reviews a parade. Soldiers march past the Field Marshal. (World War II period).
The 7th Egyptian battalion departs for Sudan from Cairo, Egypt. Following the Anglo Egyptian Treaty, The Egyptian troops after 13 years of absence go back to Sudan. The 7th Egyptian Battalion marches through Cairo on way to the R R station. Arriving at the station, soldiers line up. Hamdi Seif El-Nasr Pasha, War Minister, bids the officers goodbye. Mustafa Nahas Pasha arrives to see the soldiers off. Soldiers jam the railroad station platform as they board trains, which are too crowded to accomodate them all. Train slowly moves away bound for Khartoum, Sudan.
The U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles visit Cairo in Egypt during his world tour to trouble spots. John Foster Dulles accompanied by the Director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration Harold Edward Stassen arrives in Cairo and meets the Commander-in-Chief of Egyptian Army Muhammad Naguib. John Foster Dulles talks to Muhammad Naguib. They walk up the stairs. Both men seated as they discuss on Suez canal issue.
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.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt, escorts Nuri as-Said, Premier of Iraq, inspecting honor guard at airport, in Cairo, Egypt. Iraqi DC-6 Aircraft with Iraqi flag on tail,in background. View of Amman Airport in Jordan. Officials gather to greet arriving Arab leaders,as they deplane from a Saudi Arabian DC-6 with Saudi Arabian insignia on its tail. Among those deplaning are King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, who holds the arm of Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria, as they walk together towards the Amman airport terminal building.
Egyptian military parade in Republic Square, Cairo, Egypt, during escalating tensions over Suez Canal, in October, 1956. . Marching troops. One contingent double-times. Artillery pieces being towed. Tanks rolling down the boulevard. President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Army uniform, stands with General Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer, Egyptian Army Chief of Staff, as they review the Egyptian military forces. Officials and diplomats seated for the event. Egyptian troops in armored vehicles passing in review.