| Invasions Complete, UN Will Take Over | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1624 |
| Catalog #: | 354417 | |
| Clip Number: | 354417-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-092-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:35:25 - 00:36:44 | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: United Nations LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt WAR & CONFLICT: Arab-Israeli War 1956 WAR & CONFLICT: Suez Crisis 1956-1957 WAR & CONFLICT: War Damage | |
| Description: | British, French and Israeli forces hold their positions at the time of cease-fire - maintaining a stalemate as discussions in the United Nations go on, and the multi-national UN. Police force is organized. Tension continues high with Russian hints of 'volunteer forces' being aired. Establishing shot - Aerial shot of a smoking Port Said Aerpdrome. CUS - Port Said's Airport sign. MLS - Sunken ships in the harbor of Port Said. Camera Pans - Sunken cargo ship. CUS - A building with a mass of bullet holes. MS - Looking up from the ground - Two figures looking out their apartment window. MLS - Two people standing in the doorway of their apartment building and the street around them is littered with broken glass, pieces of the building and shot out windows. MLS - Throngs standing on the dock at Port Said. MS- French military forces unloading army trucks. MS - A group of Americans with rifles on their backs ready to fight back if necessary. MS - Street of Said with a few people walking around MS - Egyptian police keeping some kind of order with the civilians. MLS - Street of Said with broken sacks of flour laying on the street, man on the street on his knees scooping up some spilled flour. MLS - POV - From a army tank, a partial bombed out building. | |
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