Headline Highlights 1956 - Suez Canal Crisis 1956

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Suez Canal.

Documentation on file, American commentary.

Aerial view of Suez Canal. Various shots of army in attack, firing guns, tanks, buildings burning, parachutists dropping. Various shots of sunken ships in Canal.

(Comb.F.G.)

Data

Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82844
Sort Number:
UN 2922 C
Time in/Out:
01:19:24:00 / 01:20:28:00
Canister:
UN 2922 C
Film ID:
2846.19
Issue Date:
1956

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