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(23 Oct 1978) notes: col print location: beirut, lebanon. title: beirut situ serviced date: 10/24/78 no: lnc97774 date shot: 10/23/78 length: 54ft seconds: natural sound sound: 1.26 date of arrival: film shows: situation in the lebanese capital. sounds of sniping near harbour area. damage to buildings. christian militiamen directing traffic. saudi peacekeeping troops in their new positions. lead in: christian rightist officials on tuesday (24 oct) pressed for further syrian withdrawals from beirut and its suburbs amid escalating violations of the 17-day-old ceasefire between syrian peacekeeping troops and christian militias. the rightist phalangist radio accused the syrians of starting the fighting and said syrians troops of the arab peacekeeping force unleashed shellfire early tuesday in the suburb of dikwaneh and paralized road traffic in the region by sniper fire. last week syrian troops handed over key positions in christian east beirut to saudi arabian forces and regrouped east and southeast of beirut. feet r/secs 6 0.10 gv street near harbour, shellfire. 10 0.16 gv man running behind barricade 14 0.22 ms damaged building then militias directing traffic 19 0.30 ms militiamen direct traffic 27 0.43 ms street scene. pan to vegetable stall 32 0.51 ms lady walks through rubble 38 1.01 ms rubble in street & damaged house 46 1.14 ms pan down street to saudis on armoured cars 54 1.26 ms saudis talking to residents commentary: in the narrow streets near the port area of beirut an apparent calm reigned on monday although occasional bursts of gunfire could be heard. the area is still held by the syrian troops of the arab peacekeeping force. christian militamen were directing the flow of traffic in the eastern sector where hardly a building remained undamaged from the bombardments between the warring factions in recent weeks. residents were taking advantage of the cease-fire to stock up on water supplies -- many areas of east beirut are still without piped water -- and street traders were making a reappearance on the streets to sell their wares. the suburb of achrafieh was one of the areas that suffered most from the syrian bombardments and broken glass and rubble still littered the streets. meanwhile, the saudi arabian members of the arab peacekeeping force, who took over certain key battlefront positions from the syrians last friday, patrolled areas of east beirut in armoured vehicles. some of them also made use of the occasion to fraternise with the local residents who have so often been the victims in the recent fighting. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...