# 1958-07-24 Mid East Crisis

(1) Nasser in Cairo celebrates anniversary overthrow of Farouk; Robert Murphy meets Camille Chamoun in Lebanon; Americans evacuated from Iraq since revolution killed King Feisal; King Hussein of Jordan, cousin of Feisal; US aid airlifted by Globemasters to Jordan to help young King Hussein; Khru wants summit meeting at UN about Mideast

(2) New York harbor arrival of Copenhagen speedboat that made 1st transatlantic crossing with outboard motor "by latter-day Vikings" (partial newsreel).

- Kind: Newsreel
- Year: 1958
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: Universal Studios
- Genres: News
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958-07-24_Mid_East_Crisis.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Universal Studios
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/18254366?play=1)