1956 - Suez Crisis: British & United Nation Troops

1956 - Suez Crisis: British & United Nation Troops British troops stenciling boxes & crates, tents behind. Strapping crates; nailing & painting. Building crates, mcu handsawing. 09:27:45 Troops walk past w/ duffel bags or kit stenciled “Said” over shoulders, carrying rifles. Officers watches. Casino Palace Hotel behind. ...Lancaster on sleeve of British Officer w/ long mustache. 09:28:18 Crowded barge w/ young British troops, packs & a car seen from above. Tug alongside. 09:29:10 British troops off bus at station; marching following bagpiper onto barge or ferry. CU of piper playing. Rope hawser off & ferry leaving seawall, ships in background. Men unloadng bags from track in front of Casino Palace Hotel. 09:30:52 Tug crew; aircraft carrier seen from behind statue of ??; other ships moving about. Ferry leaving dock & those on shore waving. 09:31:49 Line of United Nations jeeps pulling trailers along road. Convoy moves past camera. Tents pitched along road. Troops stand along road; UN flag flying. Sign: Port Said. Train arrives pulling passenger cars w/ troops at windows. Officer w/ white flag riding on engine. MCU of troops passing, getting off train onto platform. UN officer shakes hands w/ British. 09:34:22 Freighters moving into or out of Suez Canal. Civilian couples waving from balcony to ships. Crowd of troops watch from shore as ship w/ star on smoke stack passes. Naval officer in small boat alongside. 09:35:45 Small boat w/ officers of various nationalities ashore, walk past sandbagged positions. Ship in background w/ military trucks. Tug w/ UN flag flying. Freighters (Partizanka & Triolav) stern roped to seawall. 09:37:15 Title: Egypt. Tanks past on streets thru city, people on balcony watching as soldiers go thru streets & search buildings. 09:38:01 Break down door and men w/ hands in air arrested. Searching men. Large group standing w/ hands over heads. Rifles, shells, etc on ground inspected. Suez War; Military; 1950s; Cold War;