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You are There: The Purchase of the Suez Canal

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Written by Arthur Swinson.
In which television brings you great moments of history with the news coverage of today.

It is 1875. Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, gambles with four million pounds of borrowed money to buy up the Khedive of Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal.

('You Are There' is televised by arrangement with CBS Television)
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Writer:
Arthur Swinson
News Editor:
Frank Owen
News reporter:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
News reporter:
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Francis Williams
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