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President Nasser of Egypt bids farewell to Syria's Shukri Al Quwatli, in Cairo. Also King Hussein and King Saud at cavalry demonstration.

President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, bids farewell to President Shukri al-Quwatli, of Syria. They walk past an honor guard at Cairo airport in Egypt. Other dignitaries stand behind them. President Quwalti boards an airplane. Jordan's ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Al Rafael, arrives in Jordan after being recalled from Cairo, by his government. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan, stand in a reviewing stand, under a canopy, King Hussein in Air Force uniform, salutes. They watch a display of equestrian horsemanship by Arab cavalry. King Saud presents King Hussein the gift of an Arabian steed horse.

Date: 1957, June 17
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055730
French marines, at a Syrian port, store supplies for Allied armies on the Eastern Front in World War I

Seven French marines gather around a rail car of war supplies, on a small gauge track beside a heavily sandbagged bunker, in Syria, during World War 1.. Two French officers monitor their activity as they remove shells and gun powder, from the rail car, for placement in the bunker. Other marines are seen inside the supply bunker.

Date: 1916
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054340
The temple of Bacchus and Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon.

The Baalbek ruins in Lebanon. The plain of Bekaa between mounts of Lebanon and Syria. Vehicles passing on the street. The ruined buildings in Baalbek. The temple of Bacchus. The columns of temple of Jupiter. Mounts of Lebanon in the background. A soldier and a man walk through the ruins. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062966
Officials greet and receive dignitaries as they disembark from aircraft at Amman Airport in Cairo, Egypt.

President Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt, escorts Nuri as-Said, Premier of Iraq, inspecting honor guard at airport, in Cairo, Egypt. Iraqi DC-6 Aircraft with Iraqi flag on tail,in background. View of Amman Airport in Jordan. Officials gather to greet arriving Arab leaders,as they deplane from a Saudi Arabian DC-6 with Saudi Arabian insignia on its tail. Among those deplaning are King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, who holds the arm of Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria, as they walk together towards the Amman airport terminal building.

Date: 1957
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073205
American Military Mission to Armenia is greeted in Mardin, Turkey.

Camera pans across welcoming delegation of local officials lined up in front of the railroad train of the so-called American Military Mission to Armenia, aka the Harbord Commission. (Some U.S. soldiers can be seen in and near the train.) It was arriving in Mardin, by rail, from Adana and Allepo. (Reportedly, the gentleman in black, standing to the right hand side of the lady, in the welcoming delegation, is Abdurrahman Kavvas, a descendant of the Ortoqid family that ruled Eastern Anatolia, Northern Syria and Northern Iraq in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.) In a change of scene, the camera pans over a large group of local people who pose standing side-by-side. A contingent of Turkish cavalry ride past, followed by a squad of marching Turkish infantry.

Date: 1919, October
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053198
Plenipotentiary French Army General visits Levant States and calls a press conference (WW2)

French Army General Beynet in Beirut, Syria during World War II. General Raymond Humblot and General Beynet talk and listen to radio news. General Humblot dials radio. He is Commander-in-Chief of French troops in Levant States. He leaves Residency and after conference with General Beynet gets into a car. Druze Guard presents arms as the car drives through gardens. They play trumpets. Plate at entrance of building reads 'Here was proclaimed on September 1, 1920, the independence of Great Lebanon'.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053942