Allied bomber lands at an airfield in North Africa. Airmen on the airstrip. Several Allied planes at the air base as one taxis on the runway. Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. A soldier with the American flag patch on sleeve. United States soldiers and military band march with the American flag. Soldiers raise the flag. Soldiers march with the French flag. French and other Allied officers at the ceremony. A soldier takes photographs. Soldiers at the French 'Base Aeronautique Navale De Lartigue' in Lartigue, Algeria. American and French flags. Allied officers talking. Soldiers around tents in a camp area. (World War II period).
Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba becomes the President of the Republic of Tunisia in North Africa. Habib with an dignitary in a car. People crowd on a street. They greet him. Bourguiba climbs up the steps. He kisses his wife Moufida Bourguiba . The President shakes hand with a dignitary. He speaks into a microphone. He addresses the monarchs of Libya and Morocco. People applaud and cheer. The President with his wife and other dignitaries.
Seventy five U.S. Army Curtiss P-40L airplanes are ferried across the Atlantic Ocean to within flying range of Morocco, North Africa, by the Aircraft Carrier, USS Ranger (CV-4), during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force pilots prepare to fly the P-40s to the former Vichy French Anfa Airport near Casablance, captured by the Allies in Operation Torch. The Army pilots and support personnel are seen being briefed on the flight deck. Navy deck crews help move a P-40 into position. USAAF 57th Fighter Group commander, Colonel Frank H. Mears shakes hands with a navy officer from the cockpit of his P-40. Carrier officer seen signaling for take off. Colonel Mears takes off. More P-40s follow. Navy officers and sailors watch the departing P-40s and give thumbs up for approval. The P-40s buzz the carrier as they form up to depart.
A sea port in Morroco. Map shows location of Morocco in Africa. View of the Moroccan seaport Ceuta. American oil tankers anchored at the port. Activities at the Tangier market place. Traders buy and sell goods.
USAF Airmen host Moroccan boys in Morocco, Africa. Guard stops buses at the check post of the Nouasseur Air Force Base (AFB). Moroccan Boys disembark bus. They receive food and clothing by the United States Air Force (USAF) personnel. Boys watch little league baseball game. They get ready for swimming. Boys look at the parked USAF C-124C Globemaster II cargo aircraft and USAF F-104 Starfighter interceptor aircraft. They watch a demonstration by the USAF F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft.
French Resident-General of Morocco, Lieutenant General Pierre Boyer de Latour, in exercise of diplomacy, visits Berber Tribes in middle atlas region of Morocco ( el mars boulmane ). He arrives in a 1953 Oldsmobile convertible automobile, driving up a rugged dirt road. The General greets several tribal leaders and converses with them. The tribal leaders escort General de Latour to a large tent, where he sits and converses with the most senior leaders. They talk and eat inside the tent. Crowds of tribesmen observe from around the tent, at some distance, outside. Mountains seen in the background. Tribesmen play musical instruments. Women in decorative costume dance.
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