Summary: Ceremony of Beating the Retreat by the massed bands of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and drums of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Parachute Regiment, on the occasion of their farewell at Moascar, Egypt on 7th May 1954. Flags of France, USA and Great Britain fly on the occasion near Ismailia, which is attended by some wives.