The Middle East: Canal Zone

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1378A

Date Released

3 Nov 1955

Date submitted

Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1HRH Princess Margaret
2. 2The Middle East: Canal Zone
3. 3The Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Egypt Pact
4. 4The Middle East: Israel
5. 5The Middle East: Turkey
6. 6Royal Film Performance

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Section Title

The Middle East

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Middle East - Canal Zone. DESCRIPTION: Except for a few technicians, the majority of the British Armed Forces have now left the Canal Zone. SHOTLIST: Shots of ships being loaded with cargo. LS British flag flying. MCU sign ‘Headquarter - British troops in Egypt’. Troops putting guns into cases. Cases being loaded onto trucks. TPS of camps. Various shots of a Gerrican factory. Man using welding equipment. MCU sign ‘Gerrican Now Is Alive By Egyptian Army’. Various shots of Egyptian troops marching past.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Egypt

Footage sources

France

Card file number

65072A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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