Riots in France's Colonial Empire in North Africa. Tanks patrol streets. Wrecked vehicles. Men around rubble in street. Riots forces return of Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef from exile to Rabat in Morocco. Sultan's car surrounded by a large crowd after his return in Rabat. Crowd cheers. Sultan gains the power back. Sultan sits on his chair.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Patricia Nixon official visit to Rabat, Morocco. Sultan and Nixon wave from an open car during a motorcade. Vice President Nixon inside a carriage on the way to the Dar al-Makhzen (official name: El Mechouar Essaid Palace. Avenue Mohammed V, Rabat), the official residence of the king of Morocco. Mrs. Pat Nixon plays with Sultan's daughter, Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco, as she carries her in her arms. Nixon discusses foreign policy with Sultan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf (Mohhamed V of Morocco) inside the Dar al-Makhzen palace.
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).
French Morocco troops march in bands wearing traditional uniforms. View from dark corridor at the residence of General Auguste Nogues in Rabat, French Morocco. General Auguste Nogues, General Robert Boissau, Admiral Michelieu, General Lascroux and General La Houlle of France; Major General George S Patton, Major General Geoffrey Keyes, Major General Ernest N Harmon and Major General Jonathan W Anderson of the US, the Grand Vizier to the Sultan, American and French officers and civilian officials pose for photographers on the steps of residence during World War II. French Morocco troops march in bands and play bugles.
Moroccan infantry with rifles, led by military band, march through a gate near the Royal Palace and mosque, in Rabat, Morocco during World War II. The palace and mosque are seen in background. A drum and bugle corps, mounted on white horses, play their instruments as they ride through the gate. They are followed by a cadre of mounted Royal Lancers. Infantry perform coordinated drill. Royal Palace seen in background.Troops parade along with a procession, including Royal Guardsmen, dressed in white. Guardsmen escort the Sultan, riding in a Royal Coach pulled by horses. A Royal attendant steps into the courtyard of the palace, to meet the Sultan as he arrives on a white horse, accompanied by guardsmen. Palace attendants bow low, several times to the Sultan. In change of sequence, the Sultan, on horseback, proceeds between line of guards and groups of Moroccans, sitting and standing on a parade ground. View of muazzen standing on balcony of the Royal mosque. Sultan rides through gate of the mosque on a white horse, accompanied by guardsmen. Persons, lining the way, bow as he passes. Attendant shields the Sultan with a long-handled umbrella. The entire procession returns toward the palace.