Scenes just prior to the mlitary Coup and mob revolt in Iraq. King Faisal II is seen addressing an assembly of people, prior to the revolt in which His uncle, Crown Prince Ilah was killed by street mobs, and the whereabouts of King Faisal II and Premier Nuri as-Said were unknown. Flashback scenes show them arriving in Jordan on an Iraqi Airways 4-engine turboprop airliner. They are greeted by King Hussein, Faisal's cousin, as they come down the steps of the airplane. A brass band plays as they cross the tarmac. Flags of Iraq and Jordan fly from flagpoles.The two cousin kings, Faisal II and Hussein, sit side by side and watch parade of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Note: both King Faisal II and Premier Nuri as-Said lost their lives in the subsequent revolt.)
Encampment bordered with barbed wire. Camels and men at camp. Military parade going on in streets of Jordan as young boys march alongside Arab soldiers in uniform. Military trucks carrying troops into town. Locals watching and clapping on the arrival of troops.
Arabs on donkeys along desert road. Arabs crossing bridge on Jordan river and traveling with military convoy through desert region. Camel with load of hay. Troops in trucks. Rooftops of old city of Jerusalem. Arabs in trucks.
Arabs standing with a religious man in compound of a fort in Jordan. Arab soldiers on lookout tower of fort firing at enemy Israeli targets. View of Arab soldiers moving throughout the fort as the cleric looks on.
Men excavate at an archaeological site, dates back 6,000 years before Christ in a village in Jordan. Rocky and desert area. Diana Kirkbride with her teammates see and analyzes stones of neolithic age. Steps and gates seen at the site. Two of the archaeologists at another part of the site. Workers dig at site. Kirkbride steps down at site.
A Muslim prays in the battlefield. Arab soldiers run across field towards a building. Arab troops takes the building. Troops lying in field and firing rifles. Arab troops secure the building and raise flag.