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American colleges serving Moslem people in Beirut, Lebanon.
American colleges in Beirut, Lebanon. Young men operate a machine. Girls look into microscopes. Women attend a typewriting class. Men enter a college chapel. Nurses treat patients in a hospital. A signboard reads 'Out-Patient Clinics of the American University of Beirut'. Queue of Lebanese people in line for treatment. Doctors treat patients. Moslems attend Christian religious services. Slate says "Influencing Islam today are western militarism, nationalism, commercialism, - and Christianity. The attitude of American churches may well decide which shall dominate."
United States marines march at their camp site in Beirut, Lebanon.
Events relate to the barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. United States marine approaches an officer and salutes him at the United States Marine Corps (USMC) camp site in Beirut. Soldier holding American and USMC flag marches. Other soldiers stand at attention.
U.S. Army Military Police on duty in Korea and Beirut Lebanon
Honor Guard of UN troops from various nations stand at entrance to the so-called "Peace Pagoda," where negotiations were conducted to end the Korean conflict. U.S. Military Police Officers escort Major General George G. Finch, USAF, Chief negotiator for the U.S. followed by MP officers escorting Lieutenant General, William K. Harrison, Jr. United States Army, Senior Delegate, United Nations Command Delegation, who would sign the truce documents. Separate sequence shows U.S. Army MPs and U.S. Navy Shore Patrol (SP) patrolling streets in Beirut Lebanon, in 1958. MPs talk with a local policeman and point to a map of the Town of Beirut, posted on a wall
Montage of news items about international tensions in 1958
Opens showing views of the U.S. Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgium. An array of international flags and artistic fountains grace the Pavilion. Glimpse of the relatively plain Exhibition Hall of the Soviet Union. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser shakes hand with Nikita Khrushchev, 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nasser speaking to the 600-member assembly of the new United Arab Republic (encompassing Egypt and Syria). Arabs marching with banners. King Faisal II of Iraq and his uncle, Abdul Ilah, step to a podium. Faisal II riding in a horse-drawn carriage. View of seaport in Lebanon. A U.S. Naval task force is visible, arriving in response to a request for aid from Lebanon. U.S. marines in an amphibious landing near Beirut. They establish a beachhead as local Lebanese watch and applaud. The marines load artillery and ammunition on the beach. The scene changes to the island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait, where entrenched KMT troops of Chiang Kai-Shek, are seen scrambling as they undergo constant shelling from Mainland China. The American Destroyer, USS Ammen (DD-527) is seen underway on patrol in the Taiwan Strait. U.S. Navy vessels provide relief supplies to the bombarded Islands in the Taiwan Strait. Landing craft are loaded with essential supplies for delivery. Sailors are seen throwing sacks of food over their ship railing into a landing craft below. A line of laden landing craft follows in the wake of a Navy ship. High rise apartments in West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin citizens are seen going about their daily activities. A large sign in German warns “Achtung! Sie verlassen jetzt West-Berlin” (“Warning! You are leaving West-Berlin”). Views of damaged buildings left untouched in East Berlin. Militia in black uniforms perform close order drills in East Berlin. Street sign identifies Unter Den Linden. The formerly elegant avenue is seen virtually deserted. A horse-drawn carriage moves along, and men push a cart full of supplies. Bicyclists ride along the side of the street. Headquarters of the 4-powers administration building is seen without a Soviet flag. French, American, and British soldiers stand guard. (Soviets are absent.)
Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties amidst rubble at a bombed site in Beirut, Lebanon.
Events relate to the barracks bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties amidst rubble. View of the bombed site. A damaged bridge in the background. 6X6 truck and a caterpillar move on the site.
Bulldozers and caterpillars clean up a bombed site in Beirut, Lebanon.
Events relate to the United States Marines (USMC) barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. View of the bombed site. Bulldozers and Caterpillars clean up the area. A bridge in the background.
