| Egyptian Pilots Take Over At Suez | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1622 |
| Catalog #: | 354325 | |
| Clip Number: | 354325-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-076-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:28:09 - 00:29:13 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC and Cario, Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt, Cairo LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt, Suez Canal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. MILITARY: Army, Egypt PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) PERSONALITIES: Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon WAR & CONFLICT: Suez Crisis 1956-1957 | |
| Description: | En route home to Australia, Prime Minister Menzies stops in Washington to discuss further moves in the canal crisis since the failure of his mission to president Nasser. Meanwhile in port said 46 Egyptian pilots are mustered to carry on the canal work - an impossible task, say resigning foreign pilots. Establishing shot - Sir Robert Menzies getting out of a car at the White House. MCUS - Photographers taking pictures. CU - Sir Robert Menzies walking into the White House. MCUS - President Eisenhower, presidential aid and Sir Robert Menzies. CUS - President Eisenhower shaking hands with Sir Robert Menzies and Dulles and a aid in the background. MS - The Suez Canal and a ship going through the shipping locks. MCUS - Ship and a Egyptian soldier keeping watch. MS - Profile of an Egyptian soldier and ships traveling through the Suez Canal locks. | |
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