French colonial authorities install Mohammed Ben Aarafa as the new sultan of Morocco (a French protectorate). Moroccan policemen frisk arrested supporters for the growing Moroccan independence movement. Policemen take away an arrested Moroccan man. Moroccan Berber tribesmen converge together. Honor guards participate during the ceremony placing Ben Aarafa on the Alouite Throne. Moroccans salute to the new sultan Mohammad Ben Aarafa. General Augustin Guillaume, the French resident-general of Morocco, presents the felicitations of his government to the new sultan in the Dar al-Makhzen palace in Rabat, Morocco.
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.
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.
French and American officers and other dignitaries at the residence of General Auguste Nogues in Rabat, French Morocco. Among the guest are officers including 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. A man holds a card that reads 'AL COCK'.
Native French horsemen in the palace of Sultan Mohammad V in Rabat, Morocco. The uniformed horsemen with flags, lined up in the courtyard on either side. A Royal Moroccan Guard on a horse. North African terrain. Green grassy hills and fields. Native children playing near straw huts.
Mohamed (Muhammad) Ben Youssef (Mohamed V), Sultan of Morocco, walks through a garden with friends. A gardener, using a watering can, pauses to bow, as the Sultan walks past. The Sultan escorts his party past a pool of water associated with a structure being built on the grounds. He converses with a construction worker. Together, they climb partially completed steps of the building and examine the work. Later, the sultan and his son, Moulay Hassan, place small pieces of tile in a complicated mosaic, part of the structure.