Two Old MEA (Air Liban) Commercials From 1961
Thanks Mark!
Old Beirut City Map From 1911
By Wagner & Debes This is an amazing map of Beirut from 1911, showing various places as they looked like at the break of the 19th and 20th centuries and shortly after the World War I. For those interested, the map is available for download in high-res and you can even have a printed copy delivered to you. Thanks Mark!
Lebanon
Le Spie Uccidono A Beirut (Secret Agent Fireball) 1965
9 years ago[YouTube] Le spie uccidono a Beirut (Also known as Secret Agent Fireball), which means The spies Kill In Beirut, is a 1965 Italian spy movie that is inspired by the James Bond series and was ...
Old Lebanon
Picture Of The Lebanese Football Team In 1937
9 years agoPierre Gemayel was back then the captain of the Lebanese football team and the president of the Lebanese Football federation. Kheireddine Al-Ahdab was the first Sunnite Prime Minister in Lebanon. Picture taken from Kheireddine El-Ahdab
Architecture
Sursock Museum: Old Vs Present
9 years agoThe above pictures were posted by Old Beirut and show the Sursock Museum back in the 1960s. The Nicolas Sursock Palace still looks the same today and an underground building that will feature a museum ...
Lebanon
Old Pictures Of The Lebanese Internal Security Forces
9 years agoModern police was first established in 1861 in Lebanon and the ISF is celebrating its 153st anniversary this year. I gathered few pictures that were shared on the ISF twitter and FB accounts as well ...
Beirut
Rare Footage of Beirut In The 1920s
10 years agoPost by Kheireddine El-Ahdab. I enjoy watching old footages of Beirut and these two videos are the longest footages I’ve seen of Beirut in a while. I tracked down the source to this [website] which ...
Old Lebanon
Brazilian Football Legend Pelé played for Lebanese Nejmeh SC in 1975
10 years agoPicture from AbdoGedeon Pelé played a friendly game with the Lebanese team and scored 2 goals which were never included in his tally of 1281 career goals. Here are a couple of pictures and videos ...
Beirut
Old Beirut Articles From The International Herald Tribune Archives
10 years agoTo begin with, I am glad that Jad is finally back to blogging after a long absence as I’ve always looked forward to his posts and his “Looks like Beirut” certificates. In fact, that’s where ...
Old Lebanon
The Old Beautiful Jounieh
10 years agovia Kadiman I think this is one of the best pictures I’ve seen of Jounieh back in the old days. It’s really quite depressing to look at this picture and imagine that someone decided to ...