German newsreel shows activities of French workers in Paris, France following capture and occupation of the city by Nazi German forces in World War II. French workers and soldiers lined up on a ladder and removing sandbag defensive protections from the Luxor Obelisk (Pl. de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France) at the Place de la Concorde. Buildings in the background. Workers pull nails from boards as they disassemble defensive positions and gun emplacements. Long line of saddened workers and French soldiers pass buckets slowly in a bucket brigade. Eiffel Tower in the background.
Riders on camels are seen at sunset, passing the palm trees of an oasis. Slate describes Arabia and similar places as "lands of the camel." A mounted rider leads a line of camels, across sands. They are silhouetted against a light sky background. Map of Europe, Africa, and Asia, shows areas where Muslims reside, and camels are commonly encountered. An arab is seen plowing a field, with a camel pulling a rudamentary plow. Closup of a camel on a circular treadmill powering a water pump. A camel pulling a long pole for a construction. A herd of camels at a watering hole. A camel caravan preparing for departure. An Arab coaxing a baby camel into a line. A caravan of camels, heavily laden with goods, moving across desert. Men walking alongside laden camels as they climb up a steep hillside. A woman riding in a camel-drawn two-wheeled cart.
Opening scene shows Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud) founder of Saudi Arabia, with members of his retinue, stepping from a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Fokker VIII airplane at an airport. The words: "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Company) and a crest appear on the side of the aircraft. The King and party are met by a diplomat in a top hat. People in Western European clothing stand near a long trailer that looks like a private rail car. It is hooked to a truck tractor and would seem to be for transporting the King and his party further in their travels. In complete change of scene, armed Arab cavalry parade and then demonstrate prowess riding and shooting from horseback. Western Europeans mingle with Arab sheiks and a French officer. A young Emir (Arabic Prince) entertains friends. The young emir and his friends wear western clothes. Members of a tribe of desert nomads.
Civilians gathered to greet U.S. President Eisenhower in Tunis, Tunisia. A motorcade escorts United States President Dwight D Eisenhower from the Presidential Palace to El Aouina Airport. A banner across the street reads 'Long Live Eisenhower'. A large crowd of civilians lined on both sides of the street. The crowd waves from the sidewalk. The motorcade passes under an archway on the street. Banners across the street reads 'Welcome To Tunisian Soil'.
Indian Punjabi soldiers freed from Japanese prison camp, are seated in shade under wing of a U.S. Army Air Corps L-4 Grasshopper airplane, at an air field in Senai, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. They are being interviewed by an Australian Sergeant and an officer. The Punjab former prisoners have been provided uniforms including ranger hats. (They have short hair and no beards, so they may include Sikhs, Dogras, Pathans, and Punjabi Muslims, but haven't yet obtained material for their traditional turbans.) The Sergeant makes notes and sketches on a pad as the escaped POWs provide information about their experiences and information of possible value regarding Japanese forces. Scene shifts to the Punjab soldiers sitting in a grass-roofed hut, with the native Chief of Senai. Several of them sit in in front of the hut, smoking long-stemmed native pipes. The Senai Chief poses with a Punjab Sergeant. Two Stinson L-5 airplanes take off from the Senai field. A group of liberated prisoners prepares and eats a meal.
Officers training at artillery school in the United States. View of the Fort Sill Field artillery school, Oklahoma. Officers look through binoculars during their gunnery training class. They learn service and firing techniques on field. They learn techniques of rocket bombardment. They learn to fly aircraft and phenomenon of meteorology. They release weather balloons. At Fort Scott, Kansas, officers load coastal guns and are trained about destroying sea borne assets. At Fort Bliss, Texas, officers learn antiaircraft techniques. Long range rocket is launched at the White Sands Proving Grounds.
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