Lebanon-Beirut- part I

Collection title

Foreign Affairs

ID

INA00552

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

01/01/1921

Production year

1921

Abstract

Silent document including cartons with inscriptions about Beirut and Lebanon under French Mandate. Built at the foot of Mount Lebanon, on the Saint Georges Bay, Beirut is the capital of the Lebanese Republic. The Port of Beirut is the most active of the Levant and the first commercial center (the big ships not coming alongside, the boatmen pick up the passengers on the road stead). Beirut is the usual seat of the High Commissioner of the French republic- the Grand Serail. -The new buildings on the neighborhood of 'l'Etoile', the mansions of Sursok. -Tram ride through Beirut. -Weygand street. -One of the best promenades is the Cornice. -The states of the Levant are linked to Europe by a French airline.

Type

video

Production companies

• The French News - Own production

Broadcaster

AF

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Geography and landscapes

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Capitals
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Main harbours

Period of events

• From 1900 to 1925

Map locations

• Lebanon - Coastline - Beirut

Original language

French

Media running time

13m30

Additional information

Documents filmed in the Middle East, origin of the filming not mentioned, mainly Lebanon and Syria, probably during the tenure of General Gouraud, French high commissioner in Lebanon and Syria from 1921 to 1923;