Man, possibly a Green Plan Official, speaks in Lebanon (This clip is from an undescribed reel that includes shots of the Green Plan headquarters in Lebanon). He stands in front of a shelf containing many technical books. He holds a paper, folds it back and puts it down and speaks.
This film is in two parts: The Cedars of Lebanon and The history of Israel. The first part of the film is Lebanon Mountains and buildings. Cedar trees in a gorge of Kadisha Valley. Stones kept in front of a 900 year old tree and is looked after by a Maronite priest. A Maronite chapel. People come out of the chapel. Trees inscribed with the names of famous men who visited them. Second Part of film is in Israel: The Onrus River. A water wheel which irrigates the fields. The stones in a temple. Men dig earth to take out stones. The comparison of an area with a model of the Solomon's Temple. The north east corner of the Solomon's model. The south east corner of the area. The model of the Solomon's Temple. A wall under the temple. An aerial view of the city. The back view of the Solomon's Temple. An animated map shows the division of the temple between Israel and Judea after the death of Solomon.
Civilians practice agriculture in Lebanon. The historic cedars of Lebanon. Cedars in an area. A bishop and a soldier talk in the foreground. Plain of the Gadicha. The Lebanese mountains in the background. Lebanese agricultural workers on a farm. Lebanese peasants along the road leading to the cedars. The fight against locusts on the road to Jebel Druze. Operations to isolate the parts of field occupied by locusts. A barrier being set up. Locusts fall in the holes. A man crushing them. (World War II period).
Vice President Johnson visits Lebanon and Iran. Vice President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Lebanon on his foreign aid fact finding trip. He moves through the streets in a motorcade. A large crowd of civilians gathered on either side of the street to greet him. He then visits Iran and exits his motorcade car to greet Iranian citizens in the streets. A crowd of people in Iran surround him and cheer him.
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.
Unites States forces in Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. U.S. Army General Paul D. Adams and an officer walk along a dock. U.S. troops carry barrack bags and other equipment as they walk on the pier. A ship in the background. Soldiers walk past a car. Soldiers load barrack bags onto a bus. Brigadier General David W. Gray watches troops on pier.