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Engineers and workers from various nation work to save ancient Egyptian temples of Pharaoh Ramses II from flood of Aswan Dam.
Opening slate reads: "ANCIENT ART SAVED, Engineers To Move Treasures of the Nile." A sightseeing river boat plies waters of the Nile river approaching the Egyptian Temples of Ramses II, on its banks, in Nubia. Visitors are seen taking photographs in front of the four 65 foot statues of Ramses II in the facade of the Temple, while engineers are cutting them into pieces that will be reassembled 200 feet above the coming flood created by the new Aswan Dam in Egypt. Camera pans over smaller images and inscriptions at the site, and many embossed images cut into huge stone pillars. Statues inside the Temple tower above a man standing near them. Closeup of two of them. View of engineers making measurements on a wall filled with hieroglyphics. Four more interior statues well as the exterior statues of Ramses II are seen in stages of disassembly A worker standing beside the huge head of Ramses II statue .Camera pans over the ancient site. (Narrator states that the international effort to save and move the temple will cost 36 million dollars, with Egypt and the United States, each contributing one third, and the United Nations obtaining the rest from member nations.)
United States 101st Airborne Division troops train Egyptian soldiers in firing grenade launchers
Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. U.S. soldiers of the 1st battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) coach Egyptian troops in firing M-79 grenade launcher attached to M-16 rifles. American soldiers guide the Egyptian soldiers about handling and firing of rifles at a firing range in Egypt. Hits at the target area as Egyptian troops fire rifles and smoke rises. A man with a rifle in the foreground as firing continues. Soldier loads the launcher and targets the rifle towards the sky.
Egyptian Prime Minister Nahas Pasha comes out of the Abdin Palace after a talk with Royal Cabinet President Aly Maher Pasha.
Egyptian Prime Minister Nahas Pasha's cabinet meet in Egypt. Prime Minister of Egypt Nahas Pasha comes out of the Abdin Palace after a talk with President of the Royal Cabinet Aly Maher Pasha. Soldiers march holding rifles outside the building. Other men discussing amongst themselves. Soldiers seated outside the building. Prime Minister Pasha and British diplomat Sir Miles Lampson in the office of the Presidency.
Turkish forces mobilizing in Palestine to engage British forces at the Suez Canal in Egypt during World War I
Turkish mobilization activities in World War 1. Turkish and Bedouin Cavalry engaged in exercises. Turkish authorities have enlisted every horse and camel in Syria for the anticipated military engagement with British forces defending the Suez Canal in Egypt. Individual Cavalrymen ride their horses at a gallop, while others watch. Turkish troops of the Fourth Turkish Army in Palestine, preparing to depart. They begin assembling in formation and start to march, accompanied by a brass band, in Jerusalem. Later, well-drilled and equipped troops march in good order through the streets. Turkish cavalry move through the crowded streets on horseback. Change of scene shows column of troops led by a military band,as they march out of a town. Turkish troops make their way marching, with shouldered rifles, through streets packed with people.
Parade and military display by armies of Israel and Egypt prior to Israeli troops marching in to Egyptian territory.
Tension between Egypt and Israel. Parliament of Israel, after Israeli forces march inside the Egyptian territory. Members in discussion with each other. Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) during a military parade salute Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. Infantry and jeeps during the parade. Military parade and military displays by Egyptian army. Marching troops of infantrymen, trucks, tanks and canons during the march.
Britain, France, and Israel attack Egypt following nationalization of the Suez Canal.
Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal leads to war as Israel attacks Egypt, and France and Britain embark troops for transport to a joint staging area at the island of Cyprus. View of commercial ships in the Suez canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. in discussion with officials. French troops embarking a transport ship in the port of Marseille, France. Brief glimpse of their destination port at Cyprus. British troops boarding airliners to take them to Cyprus where they will reinforce the existing British garrison. British and French carriers and warships assembling in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. A flight of four British Hawker Hunter jet fighter-bombers are seen flying in formation. Closeup of one inflight, with rockets mounted beneath its wings. Closeup of a rocket under its right wing. Scene shifts to another Hawker Hunter armed differently. It displays four outer wing rocket rails on each wing, carrying three rockets each. Auxiliary fuel tanks are installed on pylons under each wing. View of the White House in Washington DC. Inside, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles discuss the Suez situation. Next, speaking at a press conference, President Eisenhower states , "the United States was not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions, nor were we informed about them in advance." He asserts America's intent not to become involved and to bring the matter before the UN General Assembly where their is no threat of a veto. He states his intent to "keep in contact with Congressional leaders of both parties," and expresses hope that the United Nations can bring an end to this "tormenting problem." View of the United Nations General Assembly building in New York City. Inside U.S. Secretary of State, Dulles, is seen seated next to America's UN ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Glimpse of the General assembly with all delegates seated.