The Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, on his throne, attending to official matters in his palace. He deals with several written documents, with his assistant. Change of scene shows him at his desk working with a male secretary who brings him documents to sign.
View of French Cruiser Georges Leygues in harbor of Casablanca, Morocco. A launch carries new Resident-General Alphonse Juin to the shore, where he is greeted by honor guard of French sailors. He greets a civilian woman and man dressed in formal attire and samples food proffered by Moroccans. General Juin then rides along a road in an open automobile, accompanied by Moroccan troops on horseback, while spectators watch and applaud from the roadside. Accompanied by French officers in white uniforms, he participates in a wreath laying at the Monument commemorating Moroccan units that served with the French during World War I. (The monument, by sculptor Landowski, erected in 1924, depicts a French Poilu and a Moroccan Spahi, both on horseback, shaking hands.) The General's car and entourage then proceed to the courtyard of the Royal Palace, where General Juin is escorted by Moroccan officials, while a Moroccan military band plays. He enters the Palace and has an audience with the Sultan of Morocco. A Short, unrelated scene at the end of the clip shows Crown Prince Amir Saud of Saudi Arabia, and two members of his royal party, stepping from a car, and entering a building during a 1947 visit to the United States.
The Dar-al-Makhzen Palace of Sultan Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. Exterior of the Dar-al-Makhzen Palace, officially known as the El Mechouar Essaid Palace (Cité Universitaire Rabat-agdal, Avenue Omar Ibn Al Khattab, Rabat, Morocco). Horses and their caretakers in the Palace courtyard. A procession enters the Palace. Native troops enter yard led by drum and bugle corps. The band in the yard. (World War II period)
A United States flag insignia on a soldier's uniform sleeve. A Moroccan boy stands beside the La Tour Hassan minaret at the unfinished Sultan Yaqub al-Mansur Mosque (Bd Mohamed Lyazidi, Rabat, Morocco) in Rabat, Morocco. The pillars among the ruins of the mosque. Two foreigners with a child walk among the pillars. The minaret in the background. A native emerges from the minaret. (World War II period).
Mohamed V, Sultan of Morocco, relaxing with members of his family at their home in the Royal Palace at Rabat, Morocco. Closeup of eldest son, Moulay Hassan, sitting between his sisters.
An aerial view of North African coast of Morocco during World War 2. French fliers in aircraft above waters off Morocco. Aerial views of breakwater. An Italian submarine is spotted, on the surface, inside the three-mile limit of French Moroccan coast. A French destroyer races to intercept the errant submarine before it can retreat beyond the 3-mile limit. However the submarine manages to safely exit French Moroccan waters.