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.
Lebanese Armed Forces armored cars and trucks are seen at a major intersection in Beirut, Lebanon, during 1952 (when president Beshara al-Khoury faced strong domestic opposition and sought the army’s support to quell dissent). Several civilian cars drive through the intersection, and a few pedestrians walk in the area. An armored car with large turret and gun is parked at another street in the intersection. (It looks like a tank but has wheels and tires and no tread.) A closeup of the armored car and some of its crew. Several soldiers stand on a sidewalk near a stack of sand bags. Above them is a sign advertising an airline's Super DC-6 aircraft. Next,several soldiers pose brandishing weapons, including a machine gun, in a sandbagged position. A truck carrying Lebanese soldiers passes the camera. A group of soldiers walk past Army vehicles in downtown, Beirut. Some others take a break near an armored car. They enjoy bottled drinks, and a few smoke cigarettes. Closeup of an armored car and its crew. A soldier accosts a man and questions him briefly before allowing him to proceed. Some civilians assembling near soldiers. Brief view of a building, in which a young reporter is interviewing Saeb Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon. Both are smoking cigarettes.
Events related to the bombing of United States Marine Corps (USMC) barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. USMC sign marked on a camouflaged 60mm mortar gun emplacement. A board planted in a field reads 'FOR SALE'. Army tents, camouflaged vehicles and equipment. A sandbagged trench leads to a bunker. A soldier moves in the trench toward the bunker. A camouflaged 'Counter Mortar Radar' device. Sign Board reads 'Welcome to Radar Springs, Lebanon'. Sandbagged fence around the perimeter of the field.
The largest pastry being sliced in Lebanon, Oregon. A sign on the pastry reads 'Lebanon is a strawberry city'. A woman cuts the pastry with a seven feet long knife during a gourmand festival. Pieces of the pastry in plates. Men and women cut many more slices of the pastry.