Map of Crete showing its distance to Athens (Greece), Tobruk (Libya), Alexandria (Egypt) and Beirut (Lebanon) during World War II. Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 aircraft parked on an airfield (likely Maleme airfield). German military officer points to the area near Chania on a map of Crete during a meeting with troops. German officer briefing soldiers and pilots. Allied prisoners of war march in Crete. A medic applies medicine to a British soldier’s wounded hand. A German soldier points to captured British prisoners. A prisoner sits on the ground and leans on a wall near a German guard.
Demonstrations in Moscow, Soviet Union during the Lebanon Crisis. A huge crowd in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during a demonstration against sending of American troops to Lebanon. A banner reading 'Hands Off Lebanon'. The plaque of the U.S. Embassy. People hanging signs on the embassy gates. Police trying to control the crowd. Policemen getting a boy down from the gate. A clash between the police and the crowd. The Lebanon coastline. U.S. troops and tanks on a beach. Landing crafts with soldiers arrive on the beach. The soldiers moving in columns. Lebanese people talking to American soldiers. British troops in Jordan unloading supplies from aircraft. Military equipment being loaded in jeep trailers. A large crowd in Syria. President of the United Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser standing with other officials, waves from the balcony of a building. A crowd cheering. Policemen in front of the crowd.
Princess Ileana of Romania on a visit to Beirut, Syria. A large number of people gather on a street in Beirut as they welcome Princess Ileana of Romania. Princess Ileana greets the chief patriarch and other officials of the city.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. U.S. Army soldiers lined up. Chief of Staff of Lebanese Army, General Fouad Chehab, and U.S. Army General Paul D. Adams walk towards Robert McClintock, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon. General Chehab shakes hands with Robert McClintock as General Adams looks on. U.S. State Department representative Robert Murphy, personal representative of President Eisenhower, stands in the background. General Chehab gets in a waiting Cadillac limousine. Another Lebanese official wearing a fez gets in the front passenger seat and the car drives away. Journalists take pictures.
A briefing map of Lebanon area. A landing operation of United States Marines in Lebanon. A briefing of the landing operation. A United States Marine officer gives the briefing through the map. The officer holds several documents in his hand. Several officers sit in rows. The officers go through documents and books.
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).