The Cyprus Riots in Cyprus. The British strive to preserve law and order. Hanging of two Cypriot rebels brings violence in the city. Rioters and British troops battle on streets. Troops throw tear gas bombs. The rioters held captive by British troops.
Officials arrive at the offices of the British Governor of Cyprus. ArchBishop Makarios II, Leader of the Greek Cypriots in the movement for enosis (union with Greece), arrives and ascends steps into building. He is seen being greeted by Sir John Harding, the Governor of Cyprus.
American correspondent L Wagh interviews Archbishop Makarios of Athens on the Cyprus Question. In Nicosia, the Governor of Cyprus John Harding talks about the British government's involvement.
USS Independence underway in the Mediterranean Sea. President of Cyprus Makarios III and U.S. Navy officers seated in chairs on the deck of USS Independence. Depth charges are launched and they fall into sea causing an explosion. President Makarios and the officers look on. The deck of USS Independence. Another ship being towed in the background. President Makarios talks to U.S. Navy officers on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy UH-25C helicopter aboard the ship. President Makarios boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts off. A signalman hauls down the flag of Cyprus.
USS Independence underway in the Mediterranean Sea. President of Cyprus Makarios III and U.S. Navy officers on the deck of a ship. A U.S. Navy UH-25C helicopter on the deck of the ship. President Makarios III boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts off. USS Independence underway at sea. President Makarios III gets off the UH-25C helicopter on the deck of the ship. He inspects sailors lined up on the deck. U.S. Navy officers talk to dignitaries from Cyprus aboard the ship.
United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) shakes hands with people in the Middle East holding American flags. United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s motorcade drives through highways in the Middle East. Steamroller flattens gravel to create a new road in rural Cyprus. POV through car windshield driving down a rural road in Cyprus. Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with Lebanese locals. A construction project in Lebanon. Lyndon B. Johnson visits construction site in Lebanon. Construction workers carry blocks of stone. Lyndon B. Johnson meets and shakes hands with Lebanese construction workers holding bundles of reinforcing bar.