General information

Call No.:

350-4-5:2/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-4-5 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Lebanon

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #2 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009980

Date of production

1983

Date

1983

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Afghan persian, dari

Duration

17 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

The tape covers marine activities of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a force created in 1982 and sent to Lebanon to oversee the withdrawal of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It contains various shots with marines: men around a table under a camouflage net, eating, writing letters, reading, and listening to the radio; two marines running in sandbagged position under camouflage net, and sighting 60mm mortar; marines buying souvenirs from stocks in the trunk of a car; marines in sandbagged positions looking through binoculars; marines looking through scopes mounted on M600 sniping rifles; and marines in bunker overlooking the beach, eating and relaxing.

Context

Associated Names

US Marine Corps (Producer)