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Ruins of ancient temples Philae and Abu Simbel
View of river Nile. Ruins of the Temple of Philae, half submerged in the Nile river. View of the Temple Abu Simbel on the banks of river Nile. Statues of Ramesses II carved out from stone. Faceless statue at Abu Simbel.
President Franklin Roosevelt with his sons, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior and Elliott Roosevelt
United States President Franklin Roosevelt seated on a chair after the Tehran Conference (Project Eureka) during World War 2. Seated on his right is Harry Hopkins. Seated on his left is General Dwight Eisenhower. President Franklin Roosevelt's two sons stand behind him. Both his sons, Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior are in uniforms.
View of the Suez Canal and Port Said and environs
What appears to be a fortress, with flag flying over it and a very tall steel tower standing in front of substantial buildings near the water's edge. Egyptian fishing boats docked at breakwater in Port-Said, with Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps in the background. Camera pans along the waterway, photographing a steamship and more fishing sail boats in the vicinity of the Lesseps monument. Scene shifts to the land, where local people are going about their routine workaday activities. It appears to be late in the day, with lengthened shadows and most shops closed. View changes to looking down from a fortress where visitors are going up stairs. Then a view from high up on a cross bridge where visitors have a view of rock outcroppings and excavations and a cave related to Suez canal construction. Another scene depicts several historic-looking buildings and a deep basin so large that Egyptian youths are playing football (soccer) in it. (Note: the film is reversed.)
U.S. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill of Britain meet on the USS Quincy CA-71 in Alexandria harbor
U.S. officials on the U.S. Cruiser Quincy (CA-71) at Alexandria harbor during World War 2. U.S. Marines on the deck. Ships at the harbor. Smoke rises in the background. President Roosevelt and Officials on the ship's deck. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill boards the ship and U.S. Marines salute him.The Destroyer, USS Nelson (DD-623) is seen slowly moving through Alexandria harbor.
British supply convoy from Alexandria to Malta is forced to turn around by relentless Axis air attacks in World War II
Film was made during the Battle of the Mediterranean in World War 2, when Britain was trying to defend supply convoys from Alexandria to Malta. The convoy shown was attacked by Axis planes and forced to return to Alexandria. Opening scene is animated map showing path of the convoy from Alexandria westward through so-called "Bomb Alley" between Crete and Bengazi, North Africa. View of several warships in the convoy as seen from the stern of one. A British Illustrious class aircraft carrier is seen in the distance, and a Revenge class battleship to port astern the camera ship. Cluster of balloons Three biwing scout planes fly close by a destroyer underway and then over the aircraft carrier. Formation of airplanes flies over a three-stacker British battleship in camouflage paint. An aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier. Closeup of a sailor manning a signal lamp. A British amphibious aircraft in flight. A British spitfire aircraft landing on the carrier. British sailor lookout with binoculars calls attention to enemy aircraft approaching overhead in trail formation. Film switches to animated representation showing the convoy underway in the Mediterranean and axis aircraft attacking it from the South and the North. Sailors in battle gear load an anti aircraft gun and other anti aircraft guns aboard the armored aircraft carrier begin actively firing at the attacking planes. Puffs of black flak clouds begin to fill the sky. A flight of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers overhead. Skies full of black flak clouds and bombs bursting in the water raising black smoke. Views from inside an attacking Italian aircraft flying through heavy flak. Glimpse of the Italian camera plane wing. An Italian Breda B.a.65 aircraft in flight. An Italian three-engine Savola-Martchetti SM.79 bomber in flight. Glimpse from the air of Allied ship maneuvering to avoid bombs, that explode around it. Another view of SM.79 and then view through its cockpit floor of bombs being dropped on ships below. More ships making defensive maneuvers to avoid bombs. Water level view of bomb burst raising large column of water, and bombs bursting close to the aircraft carrier. Formation of Italian Fiat BR.20 light bombers heading away from the convoy. Sailor firing anti aircraft machine gun. Formation of Fiat BR.20s splits apart for safety. Sailor firing water-cooled machine gun. Animated map shows convoy turning to port as it heads back toward Alexandria without completing its mission. Enemy aircraft from North Africa continue to attack the convoy as it proceeds. Sailors relax momentarily on a ship's deck and watch smoke from a burning ship on the horizon. A burning ship is nearby. Animated map shows convoy heading straight back eastward. View from bridge of one ship and of other ships heading back with land in sight. They include a camouflaged transport ship. View of a ship loudspeaker calling crew of warship to battle stations. Sailors begin loading their respective ship's guns. Glimpse of pom pom guns. Turret guns begin firing. Soon the air is filled with flak clouds as all the ship's guns fire at a relatively few enemy aircraft. Two enemy aircraft are downed and splash into the water.View of a streamlined battleship with two over three gun turrets forward. View from bridge of battleship with multiple gun barrels pointing the same way. Camouflaged transport ships. Tunis harbor.
Egyptian army sets up defenses in Cairo during the Suez crisis of 1956
Egyptian soldiers take up positions to protect Cairo, during the Suez crisis of 1956. In opening scene, a soldier, is seen standing next to a jeep. Camera pans up to cinema marquee advertising an American movie: "Crime in the Streets." Soldiers positioned, at steel barriers in the street, monitor passing traffic which includes civilian cars and military jeeps. Camera in moving vehicle focuses on a jeep passing a heavy armored car parked at a street corner. Camera vehicle drives up close past the armored car, as it follows jeep carrying soldiers. View from side of street, as two jeeps drive past carrying soldiers. Camera focuses on one as it passes a gasoline station, with no activity at its pumps. The jeep continues past a tank at an intersection, with soldiers standing guard. The jeep continues into a more residential section, passing road barriers and a man and woman with some children, crossing the street, near troops at a fortified position on the corner. large portions of the street are obstructed by steel barriers, which the jeep must maneuver past. It passes several parked civilian cars. The next scene shows fortified position of civilian militia. Several militia members pose for the camera, pointing rifles from behind heavily sandbagged positions. Camera view from immediately behind one shows the road completely closed by steel barriers. View from behind another militia man who is looking through binoculars. Scene changes altogether to soldiers escorting civilian prisoners into a building for interrogation. Inside, a man shows pieces of a torn photograph to two men and asks them about the person shown in them. Unhappy with their responses, he slaps one of them during the questioning.
