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.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Patricia Nixon official visit to Rabat, Morocco. Sultan and Nixon wave from an open car during a motorcade. Vice President Nixon inside a carriage on the way to the Dar al-Makhzen (official name: El Mechouar Essaid Palace. Avenue Mohammed V, Rabat), the official residence of the king of Morocco. Mrs. Pat Nixon plays with Sultan's daughter, Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco, as she carries her in her arms. Nixon discusses foreign policy with Sultan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf (Mohhamed V of Morocco) inside the Dar al-Makhzen palace.
Rallies in Tunisia. A large crowd gathers on the streets for the rallies. They demand that French troops leave Bizerte Naval Base. Buildings in the background. Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba addresses people. People hold boards and banners. A board reads: 'No foreign troops in our peaceful country'.
A guide shows farms and gardens to people in Morocco. He points towards areas of the farm using a wooden stick. hills in the background. A mixture of local and Western people watch and listen. The guide walks with the visitors through a garden.
Farm activities in Morocco. Women and girls, some on ladders, pick citrus fruits from trees in an orchard. The fruit is transferred to wooden crates. Women and girls carry baskets, filled with fruit, on their heads. Women, carrying babies on their backs, pick fruit
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.
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