A United States flag insignia on a soldier's uniform sleeve. A Moroccan boy stands beside the La Tour Hassan minaret at the unfinished Sultan Yaqub al-Mansur Mosque (Bd Mohamed Lyazidi, Rabat, Morocco) in Rabat, Morocco. The pillars among the ruins of the mosque. Two foreigners with a child walk among the pillars. The minaret in the background. A native emerges from the minaret. (World War II period).
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.
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.
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.
French Legionnaires, headquartered in Taza, mount mobile operations in the Rif mountains of Morocco. Opening scene shows mountainous region in area of Ajdir, near Al Hoceima, Morocco. Next, explosions and white smoke are seen in distance as French motorized forces move toward the camera. Closeup of Hotchkiss M201 Jeep 4 x 4 with sandbagged radiator and carrying a gunner in the rear, moving past some assembled armor. A sign reading, “Col du Nador, Altitude 1430 m.” Closeup of a French M8 Greyhound Armored car. French soldiers ducking for cover as they scramble near a Hotchkiss M201 jeep and take up positions overlooking a valley. Soldiers manning a truck-mounted 50cal machine gun. Similar guns silhouetted against the sky and more soldiers with rifles in position on a ridge of ground. A battery of 105mm howitzers being fired. Several silhouetted against the lighter sky. More views of the gun batteries. Closeup of gunners loading howitzer and expended shells on the ground. Soldiers checking area around a bridge. Troops collecting stones to repair a hole at the bridge approach. Several soldiers carry a wounded comrade back to a place where he receives first aid care. A soldier points to a French- operated Di Haviland Vampire FB.5 aircraft overhead. Another aircraft (A North American T-6) is also seen flying over the scene. Artillery battery commander using special telescope. French infantry moving forward. Soldiers at a field communications center. Soldiers firing small arms from a hillside.
A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft lands at Sidi Slimane Air Force Base in Morocco. The B-47 taxis on a runway in the United Kingdom. A pilot in the cockpit. A ground crewman removes an obstacle from the front of the landing gear. The aircraft taxis and takes off. It lands at Sidi Slimane Air Force Base in Morocco. Several other aircraft parked at the base. A hangar in the background. The aircraft taxis on a runway. An officer writes on a poster. It reads '305th Bomb Wing HQ'. He walks away.