Unites States forces in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. A Lebanese soldier on guard at Beirut International Airport. Soldier on guard as a car drives past in the background. The airport administration building and control tower. Sign on the airport main terminal building reads 'Beirut International Airport'.
U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon. Several U.S. Marines and army jeeps at a dock. U.S. Navy command ship USS Taconic (AGC-17) and cargo ship USNS Col. William J.O' Brien (T-AK-246) anchored in the background. Army tanks parked in a line on the dock. A Marine at guard beside the tanks. A Marine cleaning a .45 Colt gun. Two Marines seated on a platform behind a tank. The Marines seated in front of a few jeeps and working at an ANGR 9 (Army/Navy Ground Radio) and a field generator.
Crisis in the Middle East. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser walking with several officials. President Nasser waving to a crowd. The crowd cheering the President on the 6th anniversary of the overthrow of King Farouk I. The President speaking into several microphones from a podium. A large crowd cheer for President Nasser. United States negotiator Robert Murphy meeting Lebanese President Camille Chamoun in Lebanon. Robert Murphy and President Chamoun with another official as they discuss matters. American evacuees from Iraq arriving at Ciampino Airport in Rome, Italy. Men, women and children coming down the steps from an Pan American World Airlines (PAA) aircraft. The evacuees at the airport. A street in Jordan. Vehicles moving on a road and people on a street. Buildings on the street. Shop sign reads “CLEOPATRA TRAVELLING SERVICE”. Flags flying at half-mast on several buildings mourning the deathst of King Faisal II and other leaders killed by Iraqi rebels. King Hussein of Jordan addressing a press conference. Several officials at the conference. A United States Air Force C-124 Globemaster cargo aircraft with its front hatch open and ramps open, at an airfield in Jordan. Men unload gas cans from the aircraft. Men standing in a row pass the cans. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during summit talks in the United Nations. Aerial view of the United Nations building in New York, United States.
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).
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.
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).