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French Cavalry Unit maneuvers in Morocco. Tanks and motorcycles in formation. Colonel orders unit to mount up and proceed
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.
French soldier talks with Moroccans in tent encampment.
French soldier talking with Moroccans in a tent encampment. He talks with an old man and his sons. Slate states that the old father puts his family under the protection of the winners. Moroccan women climb into an open truck. Nearby stand several French Moroccan troops, wearing the fez, and armed with rifles and bayonets. The women are covered from head to toe. Tents on the ground. Houses in background. Local men stand around tents. A soldier stands with a gun on a hill and look towards the tents.
French and Spanish troops land near Rif city of Alhucemas. General Saro directs operations. Battle scenes from trenches.
Morocco during the Rif War or Second Moroccan War. Arrival and landing of troops reinforcing French and Spanish forces in the Rif city of Al Hoceima (Alhucemas) protected by the firing of French and Spanish naval warships. Beachhead scenes of landing craft, troops and supplies. General Saro directs the operation. Spanish troops in sandbagged position. General Billot and Colonel Freydenberg look through binoculars to observe progress of the battle. Soldiers fire from a trench located on top of a high hill. Enemy soldiers climb the hill amidst firing. A French officer walks behind a line of entrenched French and Moroccan soldiers and inspects them. A French officer looks through binoculars on the battlefield near Taunat, while his troops fire from trenches behind him. Troops seen at end of battle. Special credit is given to French aviator Mezerques for heroically firing into the Rif trenches. He is seen smoking a cigarette and smiling.
Naval mine laying by air in North African coast of Morocco.
An aerial view of North African coast of Morocco during World War 2. French fliers in aircraft above waters off Morocco. Aerial views of breakwater. An Italian submarine is spotted, on the surface, inside the three-mile limit of French Moroccan coast. A French destroyer races to intercept the errant submarine before it can retreat beyond the 3-mile limit. However the submarine manages to safely exit French Moroccan waters.
Street scenes in Moroccan city. American flyers patronize street vendor and haggle with him.
Streets in an Moroccan city. Empty street and a road. Cloud formation in sky. Palm trees in city. Two Moroccan youths pose. A man leans against a wall and reads a newspaper. American soldiers in horse drawn carriage. Woman covered so not be seen, walks with young girls. Two children pose and two more try to get into the picture. Nomads camp at side of road. A Moroccan, in a Fez, selling his merchandise on street. U.S. Army Air Force officers haggle with him. (World War II period).
Funeral procession of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali, in Tunisia.
Funeral of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. French tricolor flag at half staff atop a building. Tunisian and French flags at half staff atop another building. Photograph of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. Honor Guard of Tunisian mounted Lancers leads funeral procession. French Admiral Jean-Pierre Esteva steps from car and walks in front of formation of French sailors. He greets French naval officers and Tunisian officials, including successor Bey of Tunis, Muhammad VII al-Munsif. Tunisian tribesmen carry coffin as French and Tunisian officers stand at attention. Closeup of coffin and pallbearers as they pass the camera.
