Learning on ScreenThe Cairo Meeting
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- British Movietone News
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Story
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- 1 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Cairo Meeting. DESCRIPTION: Ever since its opening in 1869, that short-cut from Europe to the East, the Suez Canal, had been an international company for all who wished to use it. Near the Company’s Ismailia headquarters, men are undergoing training as pilots. In Cairo, life in the city seemed perfectly normal as the rest of the world awaited the outcome of efforts to solve the Suez problem. Colonel Nasser, had been visited by various delegates who’d been to the London Conference. But he’s agreed to meet the Suez Committee, representing 18 out of the 22 countries. It was at the Presidency that the first meeting took place. At Port Said, the Mediterranean entrance to the canal, a statue honours Ferdinand de Lesseps, the man who opened up this waterway. SHOTLIST: Various shots of ships along the canal. MLS Ismailia Headquarters. Various shots of men having training on boats. Slip pan to Cairo. Various shots of street scenes. MLS of propaganda in the form of a very large cardboard cut out of a soldier in the street. MCU cut out. Street scenes. MCU painting of Colonel Nasser. Slip pan to several shots of Colonel Nasser. Egyptian flag flying on building. Interior - Mr Menzies shaking hands with Nasser etc. MCU Nasser. Nasser shaking hands with Mr Krishna Menon. Nasser shaking other delegates hands. Nasser talking to Mr Menzies. Mr Menzies shakes hands with Mr Menon’s hand and then Mr Menzies gets into the car. TPS over Port Said. Various shots of statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Slip pan to various ships on canal.
- Keywords
- Politics and government
- Locations
- Egypt; Cairo; Port Said
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 68131
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- David Lewis Jacobs
- Length of story (in feet)
- 195
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