A State of Armed Conflict British Paramount News, Issue No 2680, 5 November, 1956
This is a British Paramount newsreel report about the 1956 Suez crisis. British Paramount was notably the only British newsreel to make explicit references to there being opposition to the British government's policy and actions. At the time this story was released British and French troops were en route to Egypt, where they would make airborne and sea borne landings.
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This is a British Paramount newsreel report about the 1956 Suez crisis. British Paramount was notably the only British newsreel to make explicit references to there being opposition to the British government's policy and actions. At the time this story was released British and French troops were en route to Egypt, where they would make airborne and sea borne landings.
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