Boer Army cavalry charging from a distance in the battlefield during the Second Boer War. As they charge closer, the cavalry troops wave their sabers in front and close to the camera. A man stands in the middle of the field. Horses partially obstruct the view.
A company of British Army Gordon Highlanders preparing for a charge on the Boer entrenchments seen in the distance in the Battle of Mafeking during the Second Boer War. Two pieces of artillery have just been placed in position by the Boer troops, and the artillery immediately open fire upon the approaching Highlanders. The Highlanders charge after several volleys from the Boer battery. A troop of Boer Cavalry attack the advancing Highlanders on the flank. All but one of the artillery crew retreats except for a deserter who is shot by a Boer cavalryman. Boer cavalry and Gordon Highlanders engage in hand-to-hand combat in the battlefield. A cavalryman falls mortally wounded from his horse, who walks off the field with an empty saddle.
A Boer battery fire the two large field artillery pieces immediately in the foreground. English lancers advance as urged by their officers at the Modder River during the Second Boer War. The British troops overrun the Boer battery. Some of the Boer soldiers fall dead or wounded in the field. Soldiers wave a flag.
French Resident-General of Morocco, Lieutenant General Pierre Boyer de Latour, in exercise of diplomacy, visits Berber Tribes in middle atlas region of Morocco ( el mars boulmane ). He arrives in a 1953 Oldsmobile convertible automobile, driving up a rugged dirt road. The General greets several tribal leaders and converses with them. The tribal leaders escort General de Latour to a large tent, where he sits and converses with the most senior leaders. They talk and eat inside the tent. Crowds of tribesmen observe from around the tent, at some distance, outside. Mountains seen in the background. Tribesmen play musical instruments. Women in decorative costume dance.
A building in Morocco, bearing a French military logo and seal. Berber tribesmen are assembled in formation, with a flag. French millitary officers march a road to the assembly place. A contingent of French Foreign Legion in formation. The ranking French Officer shakes hands with tribal leaders and then begins issuing rifles and bayonets to the tribal leaders. Other French officers continue issuing arms to the ramainder of the assembled tribesmen (goumiers). A Legionnaire looks from high vantage point, over town spread out below.
French Legionnaires, headquartered in Taza, mount mobile operations in the Rif mountains of Morocco. Opening scene shows mountainous region in area of Ajdir, near Al Hoceima, Morocco. Next, explosions and white smoke are seen in distance as French motorized forces move toward the camera. Closeup of Hotchkiss M201 Jeep 4 x 4 with sandbagged radiator and carrying a gunner in the rear, moving past some assembled armor. A sign reading, “Col du Nador, Altitude 1430 m.” Closeup of a French M8 Greyhound Armored car. French soldiers ducking for cover as they scramble near a Hotchkiss M201 jeep and take up positions overlooking a valley. Soldiers manning a truck-mounted 50cal machine gun. Similar guns silhouetted against the sky and more soldiers with rifles in position on a ridge of ground. A battery of 105mm howitzers being fired. Several silhouetted against the lighter sky. More views of the gun batteries. Closeup of gunners loading howitzer and expended shells on the ground. Soldiers checking area around a bridge. Troops collecting stones to repair a hole at the bridge approach. Several soldiers carry a wounded comrade back to a place where he receives first aid care. A soldier points to a French- operated Di Haviland Vampire FB.5 aircraft overhead. Another aircraft (A North American T-6) is also seen flying over the scene. Artillery battery commander using special telescope. French infantry moving forward. Soldiers at a field communications center. Soldiers firing small arms from a hillside.