A large crowd of visitors walk around a garden in the grounds of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34. People move on paths between the gardens. Some sit on benches by hedges. Posts on the paths contain signs pointing to various exhibits at the fair. An aerial tramway called the "Skyway" carries riders above the fairgrounds. Flags fly in background. Extremely dense crowds of visitors move through a main concourse of the fair. A car (1933 Hupmobile?) moves slowly through the crowd. Large umbrellas at outdoor cafe in background.
Main concourse of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair, 1933-34. Many in the large crowd of visitors realize they are being by motion picture camera and wave to photographer. Belgium Village in background. Visitors at entrance to Tunisian Village exhibit. Visitors strolling at the "Avenue of Flags." American flag flying atop a tall building at the fair.
French tricolor and a pennant fly above building in Morocco. Moroccans in white traditional dress walk through gardens and a gallery. French General arrives at foot of long walkway, exits a car and ascends walkway flanked by an honor guard of Moroccan troops. He and his aide continue through an outdoor gallery and courtyard before entering building. The General sits at a desk and discusses matters with civil servants who stand near him.
Soldiers stand outside entrance of the Moroccan Air Command Building in Morocco. A French Air Force officer comes out and greets arriving U.S. Air Force officers. All officers, including an American Air Force Brigadier General and French counterpart, sit around a table. They discuss and mutually sign some type of agreement. The French General points out areas of interest on a map of Morocco fixed on a wall behind the table. He marks some places on the map. All others watch. Note: The U.S. Air Force General wears an "Ike" jacket, while the officers accompanying him all wear the class A "blouse" jacket.
Groups of student pilots are briefed by instructors at a French Air Force training base in Marrakesh, Morocco. Wearing seat-pack parachutes, student pilots climb into the cockpits of North American T-6 aircraft, bearing French markings, as ground crews hook up auxiliary power units and turn over the aircraft engines. The T-6s taxi out to the active runway. The T-6s are seen taxiing back to their respective parking places on the airfield.
French motorized cavalry unit with tanks and motorcycles in formation, in Morocco. The commanding officer, a French Colonel, orders the unit to mount up and move out. Tank crews and motorcyclists take up their operating positions. Column of tanks and motorcycles moves beside what appear to be ancient ruins.
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