Nasser Hoists The Flag (1956)

Port Said, Egypt. SV. President of Egypt, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser waving with excited crowd running beside car. LV. Crowd with the procession nearly halted through the jubilation of the crowd. CV. Nasser in his car waving. LV. Nasser waving with the crowd surging along beside him. CV. The mob struggling round the front of his car, camera tilts to Nasser. GV. Naval craft lined up at jetty with Egyptian flag flying symbolising full Egyptian sovereignty over the Suez canal, camera pans left. GV. Nasser hoisting the flag, camera tilts up to the top of the flag pole. GV. Crowd hanging on a crane. LV. The flag pole with crowd standing round, camera tilts up to the flag at the top. (F.G.) (Orig “A“) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.