Suez in Perspective
Appearance

Short Movie (1957)
18-minute British propaganda film about Suez Crisis and attack on Port Said.
Please note this page is based on the 1957 documentary, not the longer one (26 min.) of 1960 with the same title.
Ilyushin Il-14
USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitri Shepilov visiting Egypt.

HMS Bulwark (R08)
Hawker Sea Hawks and a Westland WS-51 Dragonfly along a wing folded Grumman TBF Avenger AS Mk IV.


English Electric Canberra

De Havilland Sea Venom

Westland Wyvern



On the HMS Albion (R07).

Hawker Sea Hawk
On the HMS Albion (R07).

Handley Page Hastings

Westland Whirlwind
Dark ones (Dark Sea Blue) are Westland Whirlwind Mk 2 operating the world’s first combat helicopter insertion during an amphibious landing on 5 November 1956.





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