Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser confers with Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito and India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for a Neutralist Summit in Cairo. Guards at the gates of the Al-Ittihadiya Palace, also known as the Heliopolis Palace (38Q9+GQR Al Nadi El-Montaza, Heliopolis, Cairo Governorate 4460210, Egypt). Three of the leaders walk down the steps of the palace followed by other officials.
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.
Ancient relics discovered in excavations near the Valley of Kings, Luxor, Egypt. Archaeologists after 3 years of excavations discover Tomb of Mentuemhat (or Montuemhat), Prince of Thebes in El-Assasif, on the west bank of the Nile River, opposite Luxor, Egypt. Mummy of a priest, buried to accompany the Prince, is revealed when casket lid is removed. A man lays the mummy on the ground. (Tomb TT34 of the Theban Necropolis.)
Scientific Documentary depicts ancient Egypt. View of the Great Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara in Egypt. View of other pyramid tombs. View of Sphinx guarding the Pyramid. Large blocks of limestones used to construct the pyramid.
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.
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.