Events during the Suez Crisis in Egypt. Officials and delegates at an airport. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold boards an aircraft for Cairo. Ruins and debris of bombed buildings on a street. A building burning. A man on a cart carries two dead men. Several views of the dead people lying on a street. The troops walk on a street. The tanks roll down a street. People crowd on either side of the street. Commander of the UN (United Nation) Forces Canadian General Eedson Louis Millard Burns gets off from an aircraft. The UN troops drive in a jeep. The sunken ships in Suez Canal. A donkey drawn cart and men move towards the canal.
Early winter blizzard in Pennsylvania dumping two to four feet of snow. The snow covered vehicles and street. National guard stand on the snow. A helicopter loaded with supplies stationary on the snow covered area. Men take the food supplies from the snow. The helicopter takes off bringing supplies to Springfield Pennsylvania west of Philadelphia. Aerial view of the traffic jam on a highway. A view of the isolated area. A man digs out snow.
Feast of Sinterklaas starts in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dutch Sint-Niklaas (Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus) enters the city signaling the starting of a feast day. Sint-Niklaas drinks bisschopswijn (mulled wine) on horseback. People crowd on either side of the street. Dutch people cheer for Sint-Niklaas. Sint-Niklaas rides on horseback while being flanked by men dressed in blackface as Zwarte Piet. Crowds watching the arrival of Sint-Niklaas along the Damrak avenue. Mascots resembling Disney characters Donald Duck and Goofy waving at crowds from a float. A float with a giant bear. Children look at the floats. A man takes pictures. The Saint on horseback waves to the onlookers on the street.
Hollywood actor Rock Hudson urges Americans to buy savings bonds. A house shaped mailbox in the foreground reads' Rock Hudson'. A man and a woman walk on a sidewalk. A car driven by Rock Hudson approaches, pulls into a driveway, and parks. Rock Hudson gets out of the car. A Christmas tree kept in boot or trunk of the car. Rock Hudson takes out his Christmas tree and sits on the back of the car. He takes out a gift bond from an envelope. Rock Hudson holding a fifty (50) US dollar gift bond. He holds the bond in his hands and urges the people to buy savings bonds in the United States. Rock Hudson greets everyone “Merry Christmas to all of you”.
British troops withdraw from Port Said in Egypt as UN Forces intervene during the Suez Crisis. A British warship in harbor at Port Said. Sunken ships in the harbor. Warship at the harbor. The British troops on the ship. The British troops with their equipment await to embark the ship. United Nations Forces Canadian Eedson Louis Millard Burns speaks to a British officer at the dock. The British troops march in squad. An Israeli man displays a large stock of modern Russian arms captured from Egypt. Men inspect the Russian weapons.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower arrive in Augusta, Georgia for a short vacation. Eisenhower and First Lady climb down a ladder. They are greeted by old friends A man in the background takes pictures. People look at them. Clifford Roberts Chairman of the Augusta Country Club greets Eisenhower. Eisenhower and Mamie meet their old friends.
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