Lebanon President - First Pictures (1943)

Full title reads: “LEBANON PRESIDENT - FIRST PICTURES“. Syria. Long panoramic shot of Chekka Pass, with a road built by the Royal Engineers of the 9th Army in the Syrian mountains. Various shots of President of Lebanon Bechara Khoury arriving in a car and being greeted by General Holmes General Officer Commanding 9th Army. They inspect Guard of Honour. President Khoury performs ceremony to open the road. (Mute & Track Negs.) Note: Shortly after this ceremony the President was arrested by the French Committee of National Liberation on the question of Lebanese independence. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bul