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Departure of American forces from Lebanon following brief U.S. intervention in 1958

Opening scene shows an honor guard of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers lined up in formation in front of the Beirut airport terminal building. As an officer steps away from them, the troops render salutes while right-shouldering arms. The officer walks toward several civilians and an American officer who salutes. Next, a U.S. Major General greets Lebanese army officers. The LAF soldiers march away shouldering their rifles. Several U.S. soldiers are seen boarding a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft by way of a side door and drop-down stairs. One of them carries a large box. A United Nations DC-3 aircraft is seen taxiing out rapidly for takeoff. It displays the letters "U.N.R.W.A." on its rear fuselage and the logo of The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East on its tail.

Date: 1958, October
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039884
Workers in East Germany rebel against conditions under Soviet occupation, following World War II.

A workers rebellion in East Berlin, Germany. A crowd demonstrates in the Soviet Zone of occupation. Smoke rising around a building from fires set by the demonstrators. A police car moves in the crowd. U.S. High Commissioner to Germany Dr James B. Conant (formerly President of Harvard University) walks near a railing by the boundary line between the American and Soviet Sectors of occupation. He looks through binoculars. East German policemen and civilians stand around. Deserted areas within the Soviet Zone. A deserted rail yard. East German police at a Soviet boundary checkpoint. A Soviet soldier checks passes of people entering East Berlin.

Date: 1953, June
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072261
Various West Berlin officials speak at a freedom rally to protest against the Soviet blockade in Berlin, Germany.

A film titled 'Berlin calls on the world' about protests the Soviet blockade in Berlin, Germany. German civilians on the base of the Victory Column or the Siegessäule (Großer Stern 1 10557 Berlin). People gathered in front of the bomb-damaged Reichstag. Many people gather for a freedom rally. German political activist Franz Leopold Neumann addressees the crowd. People applaud. Acting Mayor Friedenberg speaks into a microphone during the rally. Chairman of the City Assembly Dr. Seward speaks that people in East Berlin do not enjoy any freedom. Gustaf Hinch of the Independent Trade Movement speaks. Carl Konnitzer representing street car workers, city assemblyman Rudolph Markovit and Joachim Lipschutz present. Discharged official of the Eastern Sector Ernest Reuter speaks.

Date: 1948
Duration: 5 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065720
Historical images illustrating the growth of communism in Soviet Russia and East Germany. The Berlin Wall.

Camera pans along a portion of the "Berlin Wall" made of rough concrete blocks topped by barbed wire. Next, a large group of East German people are seen lined up along a fence topped with barbed wire. They look through the fence. More views of the rough concrete block wall. Scene shifts to Asia, where large numbers of refugees are seen moving along a dirt road. Glimpse of Soviet military on parade in Red Square. Refugees and displaced persons in various places and conditions. Some are barefoot. Huge crowds filling Red Square in Moscow,Soviet Russia. The Kremlin wall and old Russian Senate building and Senate Tower in background. Glimpse of Felix Dzerzhinsky giving empassioned speech in Soviet Russia. A baby with an angry expression throwing a tantrum. Glimpse of fallen refugees beside a road. The film displays a rotating globe of the earth and slate identifying "The Big Picture." A statue and photograph of Karl Marx, the philosopher who espoused Communism. Communists marching during early days of the Russian Revolution in Russia circa 1917. Series of One-way road signs in various languages. Large gathering of German people carrying signs reading "Frieden" (Peace). View of a person apprehended attempting to escape across the barrier separating East and West Germany. Closeup picture of East German citizen, Bernt Leuton, who was shot by East German border guards, after successfully swimming to West Germany.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066486
Shooting of Bernt Leuton in 1961 explained in context of Soviet history, beginning with Czar Nicholas II and Russian Revolution of 1917

A picture of Bernt Leuton, a resident of East Berlin East Germany, who fled to West Berlin West Germany. Border guards at the Communist side of Berlin in East Germany. View of Leuton on August 13, 1961 after being shot by an East German guard, after successfully swimming across the connecting canal. He is hauled out by West German guards. A map of the world. Narrator begins to trace history of Bernt Leuton's shooting by recounting prior events in history of Russia and Soviet Union. View of the Winter Palace of Czar Nicholas II, with the Czar and Czarina Alexandra standing on a balcony. Saint Petersburg, Russia on January 22nd , 1905 : Peasants and workers, with their leader Russian Orthodox Priest, Father Georgi Gapon, gathered outside the palace to deliver a petition to Czar Nicholas II. A number of the people carry banners. A picture of Czar Nicholas II. Reenactment of Czar's armed cossack cavalry dispersing the crowd, The words 'My autocracy will remain unchanged' issued by the Czar to which Father Gapon replies that they "no longer have a Czar." Picture of Father George Gapon. Picture of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and moving images of Lenin speaking. The Czar Nicholas II and his wife, escorted by guards, moving on a path during a ceremony. The Czar mounting a horse and the guards saluting him. A picture of the Czar's wife and hemophiliac son. Picture of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, whose occult powers were believed to have kept the Czar's son alive.

Date: 1905, January 22
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066487
May day Parade in East Berlin, East Germany, in 1961.

Spectators on street side for the communist May Day parade in East Berlin, East Germany. East German soldiers in armored cars moving along Under den Linden Avenue. Motorcycles towing guns. Troops in trucks towing AA guns.

Date: 1961, May 1
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034241