King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III in Libya, North Africa. Victor Emmanuel III arrives in the desert area and Commander in Chief of Italian North Africa Marshall Italo Balbo salutes him. Other officers in the background salute the King. Italian North African Forces parade and the King reviews the parade. Natives on horse back carry modern weapons.
80 Jewish families banished by the Nazis in Brunn, Czechoslovakia, flee Nazi German persecution. Jewish people at No Man's Land near the border. Jewish woman wipes tears. Naples, Italy: Thousands of colonists, comprising 1800 families, are brought from farms to colonize the Italian possession of Libya in North Africa. They board the steamship, SS Piemonte,for voyage to Libya. Family groups are seen moving across the pier and boarding the ship. Passengers wave from the ship and well-wishers wave from the shore as the ship leaves the pier. View of the ship's captain on the bridge. A warship in the harbor fires a gun in salute. Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, in military uniform, stands on the pier and bids the colonists farewell. Several ships bearing colonists are seen underway, leaving Naples.
British airmen in non stop distance flight from Egypt to Australia. Two aircraft in flight. A sign reads 'G-ADHK'. The aircraft in flight over the clouds.
SS Baloeran moves towards Tangier harbor in Morocco. Houses beyond the harbor. A tug boat, manned by uniformed sailors, viewed from a ship. Passengers transferring from a smaller ship to the Holland American Liner SS Rotterdam. Views from the deck of the Rotterdam. Various French, German and Italian ships in the harbor. A ship underway in sea. Waves hitting shore. View of sea from a hill on the harbor. Aerial view of the harbor. A Moroccan man waving a cloth to signal to a light house on a hill top.
Ocean liner passengers being ferried to shore in rowboats to Tangier harbor in Morocco. A man selling Moroccan baskets and articles in a boat. The passengers pass by a destroyer and a gunboat, bearing "M1" on its hull, anchored in the harbor. As they enter the pier, they pass a light house on a rock in the water. A crowd of Moroccans is seen milling about in the port area. A German submarine enters the harbor with the number "25" on its hull. As it anchors, it is boarded by officials who converse with the crew on deck and examine papers. A ship billowing dense black smoke is seen in the harbor.
Men enter a ship at Tangier harbor in Morocco. French Paquet liner Djanne docking. Men coming out of the ship and moving on docks. Rice bags brought down in a net. Men helps in unloading the net filled with rice bags. Boats towed to piers. People moving on piers. A passport bureau office. Tourists passing through it. Bags of tourists checked. Cargo loaded on boats. Rice bags lifted in a net and brought to pier. Workers carry rice bags. A rail track. People crossing the rail tracks and get into a train.