• Short Summary

    ABOUT FIFTEEN SHIPS FLYING THE FLAGS OF EIGHT NATIONS ARE STILL BLOCKED IN THE SUEZ CANAL WHICH WAS ORDERED CLOSED BY PRESIDENT NASSER AT THE START OF THE ARAB-ISRAEL WAR.

  • Description


    SHIPS WAITING IN CANAL; LAUNCH; ISRAELI SOLDIERS ON GUARD. (TELERECORDING).




    Initials RGH/N-TELE/BHH/PC



    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: ABOUT FIFTEEN SHIPS FLYING THE FLAGS OF EIGHT NATIONS ARE STILL BLOCKED IN THE SUEZ CANAL WHICH WAS ORDERED CLOSED BY PRESIDENT NASSER AT THE START OF THE ARAB-ISRAEL WAR.

    THE SHIPS BELONG TO BRITAIN, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY, SWEDEN, BULGARIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE UNITED STATES AND POLAND.

    ABOUT 30 BRITISH PASSENGERS EVACUATED FROM FOUR BRITISH SHIPS STRANDED IN THE GREAT BITTER LAKE - MIDWAY ALONG THE CANAL - ARRIVED IN CAIRO LAST NIGHT (SUNDAY). ABOUT 150 CREWMEN FROM THE SAME SHIPS ARE DUE IN CAIRO SOON, LEAVING ONLY SKELETON CREWS ON BOARD.

    SOME REPORTS HAVE SAID THAT SIX WRECKS BLOCK BOTH ENDS OF THE CANAL AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO SALVAGE THEM.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA2GR4P3OTO3EJ9K6HS5KOA9WE4
    Media URN:
    VLVA2GR4P3OTO3EJ9K6HS5KOA9WE4
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    19/06/1967
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:35:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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