Group of workers walk beside a farmer plowing a field with a disc cultivator pulled by a D6 Caterpillar diesel tractor. The manual workers appear to be discarding clumps of grass or other undesired material. In contrast, two other farmers are seen plowing nearby using primitive wooden plows pulled by horses. One of them stops to repair his wooden plow, striking it with a stone to tighten it.
The Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, on his throne, attending to official matters in his palace. He deals with several written documents, with his assistant. Change of scene shows him at his desk working with a male secretary who brings him documents to sign.
Mohamed (Muhammad) Ben Youssef (Mohamed V), Sultan of Morocco, walks through a garden with friends. A gardener, using a watering can, pauses to bow, as the Sultan walks past. The Sultan escorts his party past a pool of water associated with a structure being built on the grounds. He converses with a construction worker. Together, they climb partially completed steps of the building and examine the work. Later, the sultan and his son, Moulay Hassan, place small pieces of tile in a complicated mosaic, part of the structure.
Mohamed V, Sultan of Morocco, drives family members, in a custom built open, convertible car, with jeep-like grill and hood, but otherwise custom-styled body, equipped with full white walled tires. They drive through sand where a Royal Garden is being constructed. The Sultan converses with supervisor and workers who are operating a manual irrigation pump. The Sultan tastes the water coming out of the pump.
View of Fez, Morocco, from hilltop. A local man sitting on top of the hill. Two men with a cart walking along a road. A horse-drawn cart with collapsable roof cover, moves along a road past a sign reading, "Route 15 from Fez to Taza" (in French). It notes distances to various places,starting with 124 KM to Taza, and ending with Fort Saint at 2772 Km. A truck is parked behind the sign and people stand looking at ancient Medina walls in distance. Farm workers are seen in nearby fields. Men sitting at tables in outdoor cafe. Empty water and soft drink bottles on table. A large open air market with various agricultural products being displayed on backs of animals, and in large sacks. Purfeyers of drinks sit at edge of the marketplace. Mosque in background. View of a mosque, through trees in a garden. Animals watering at a stream. Palm trees swaying in the breeze.
Roadsign at intersection of RP 7 and RP 9 on outskirts of Marrakech, Morocco. A herd of sheep moving alongedge of the roadway. Shepherd guides them back in opposite direction. Cobblers working in open marketplace.Some are under tents. Women working nearby, using hand cranked sewing machines.Customers walking about the market.Purveyers of refreshments in stalls. a tinsmith working with mallet and soldering iron. Established shops in a marketplace. Among wares displayed are benches and stools. Furniture maker working with improvised wood "lathe" powered by a stringed bow and using a chisel as a cutting tool.