On this day in 1957, the Suez Canal reopened to international traffic. Here is a British Movietone report featuring the crisis talks that led to the canal's closure.

A Treaty, guaranteed the Suez Canal, as an International waterway, for all time. Colonel Nasser repudiated this agreement. Mr Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, held crisis talks with Monsieur Pineau, the French Foreign Minister, and the United States Secretary of State, Mr Dulles, to discuss the grave situation. Twenty-three nations will be invited to discuss the re-establishment of International security, on the Canal. In the event of failure, Great Britain is already preparing to counter Nasser's threat, to hold the Canal by force.
Various shots of the ships on the Canal. Slip pan to Selwyn Lloyd entering building. Monsieur Pineau alights from car and enters building. Various shots of newspaper headlines about Mr Dulles flying in. John Foster Dulles alights from plane and disembarks. MCU Mr Dulles talking to man. CU Mr Dulles. CU crowds. MCU 'Downing Street' sign. MCU No 10 Downing Street door. Various politicians entering No 10. CU newspaper headlines regarding 'Call up'. Train entering station at Portsmouth with naval men looking out of the train window. Naval men walking along the platform with their kitbags. Shots of the naval men walking along. CU sign ' HM Dockyard'. Shot of boat. MLS of light fleet carrier "Ocean". MCU nameplate. Shot of 'Ocean'. MLS of the 'Thesus'. MCU nameplate. LS of the Egyptian destroyer "Al Uaher" berthed between a British destroyer and a minesweeper. Slip pan to Egypt and to Nasser in moving car with crowds all around the car. Nasser waving. Crowds with banners. Nasser speaking to the crowd from a balcony (silent). Crowds. Nasser. Crowds.

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