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The Suez Canal Seized by Nasser

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1417
Date Released
30 Jul 1956
Date Other
Jul 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Suez Canal Seized by Nasser
  2. 2The Fourth Test
  3. 3A Spot of Summer
  4. 4Horse Show Climax
  5. 5The Sinking of SS Andrea Doria

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Suez Canal Seized By Nasser. DESCRIPTION: That 100 mile international short cut to the Far East, the Suez Canal, was run by a Company with Britain as its biggest shareholders. Britain guarded it in two World Wars, and its used by a vast tonnage of British shipping, now Egypt’s President Nasser has made his grab, he calls it nationalisation. SHOTLIST: Library - Map of Suez. GV Canal. Planes fly overhead. Ship through. Flag. Nasser at microphone (5 ft silent). Crowds. Canal shots. Aswan Dam, high shots. Various ships on Canal.
Locations
Egypt; Suez Canal
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
67772A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:

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