Glimpse of American sailors; derricks; and a landing ship tank ( LST) at the Port of Tunis in World War 2. Sign on building reads: "A.S.T.B. Tunis." A sailor seen in the cab of a derrick at the controls. Sailors guide a large auxiliary generator down the ramp of the LST. The sailor-operated derrick lowers a cable with hook that sailors fasten to the generator and the derrick begins to lift it.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ibn Youssef, and French officers, arrive at a reviewing stand in open cars accompanied by honor guard of Spahi, light cavalry,on horseback. They step from the cars and greet French officers. They walk to stand to review parade. Tanks drive through streets. Spahis,Royal Marines,United States soldiers,Free French soldiers and sailors march past in parade. Soldiers stand at a small memorial, where wreaths lay by a draped French tricolor flag containing symbols of various military units and dates. British and American soldiers place wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown. The British and American contingents salute, do about face, and march back from the memorial.. (World War II period).
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 colonial authorities install Mohammed Ben Aarafa as the new sultan of Morocco (a French protectorate). Moroccan policemen frisk arrested supporters for the growing Moroccan independence movement. Policemen take away an arrested Moroccan man. Moroccan Berber tribesmen converge together. Honor guards participate during the ceremony placing Ben Aarafa on the Alouite Throne. Moroccans salute to the new sultan Mohammad Ben Aarafa. General Augustin Guillaume, the French resident-general of Morocco, presents the felicitations of his government to the new sultan in the Dar al-Makhzen palace in Rabat, Morocco.
United Nations forces during the Korean War. Injured soldiers of United Nations forces being loaded aboard a hospital plane in Hungnam, Korea to be taken to Japan for medical aid. A military truck pulls up near a United States Air Force C-47 aircraft and injured soldier board the flight. Aircraft taxis along the snow covered slope and takes off.
United Nations forces during the Korean War. Korean civilians gather at the docks to flee away from Hamhung to Pusan, Korea. People carrying their belongings embark onto ships. Wooden crates and jeeps being hoisted aboard a ship. Military vehicles of the United Nation forces being loaded onto a Landing Ship Tank. United States1st Marine Division and 7th Infantry Division being evacuated by landing crafts to transports lying off shore. Soldiers loaded in landing crafts as they pull away. Wounded being transferred onto a landing craft and it pulls away. United Nation naval units patrol off the coast.
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