News in Brief: Canal Take-Over

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1341A

Date Released

17 Feb 1955

Date submitted

11 Feb 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Portugal - Royal Wedding
2. 2Formosa - Crisis Continues
3. 3News in Brief: Italian Premier Here
4. 4News in Brief: Report on Comets
5. 5News in Brief: Canal Take-Over
6. 6News in Brief: Rugger International
7. 7Nigerian Parliament Opened
8. 8Royal Tour - Grenada & Barbados
9. *Duke of Edinburgh Receives Freedom of Glasgow

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parade of Egyptian Troops. DESCRIPTION: To mark the occasion of the departure of the first contingent of Egyptian troops to take over the Suez Canal Base, a parade was held in Cairo before the Council of the Revolution. SHOTLIST: CU of troops marching. GV of troops marching. CU of members of the Council of Revolution and Colonel Nasser on the dais. Armoured vehicles. CU of Colonel Nasser.

Keywords

Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Egypt; Cairo

Footage sources

France

Card file number

62863

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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