| UN At Suez: Hammarskjold Flies To Head Peace Drive | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1624 |
| Catalog #: | 354424 | |
| Clip Number: | 354424-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-093-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:23 - 00:43:28 | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: United Nations LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt MILITARY: Multinational, United Nations (U.N.) WAR & CONFLICT: Casualties WAR & CONFLICT: Suez Crisis 1956-1957 | |
| Description: | U.N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskjold boards a plane for Cairo, where he will personally supervise operations of the International UN. Police force. In port said, the wreckage of war awaits him, in the wake of the Anglo-French amphibious assault. Still blocked by sunken ships in the key Suez Canal - waiting for uncertain peace. Establishing shot - Cameras follows UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold boarding a plane for Cairo. MS - Port Said buildings are totally left in shambles. MS - Third story of an apartment house or home is burning. CUS - Man is pulling a 2-wheel cart with two covered bodies on it. ME - Dead man laying on the street in Said. Theirs another body laying on the sidewalk, the top portion of the body is partially covered by the trunk of a tree. CUS - I think this is the second body that I mentioned, the trunk of the tree does not cover the body but the body is propped up against the trunk. MS - Three goats, two of them is sniffing the dead body. MS - Troops walking down the street. CUS - Army tanks parked in a line on the street. CUS - People lining the streets as they watch an amour tank driving down the center of town. CUS - Canadian General, ALM Burns disembarking from a plane. CUS - Troops driving a jeep, their weapons, automatic rifles in plane sight. MS - A bombed military ship sunken in the Suez Canal. CUS - Sunken cargo ship. MS - Man walking with a mule pulling a cart. | |
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