A film titled 'Native patriots hail, the first official visit of heir to throne' shows arrival of crown prince to Tripoli in Libya. He reviews an honor guard and gets into a car. Car moves away accompanied by royal escorts riding horses. The crown prince appears in a palace gallery as thousands gather on the street to look at him.
Two Arabs with a camel and a soldier during launch of Matador B-61 A missile in Tripoli, Libya. Launching crew working on Matador B-61A. Matador being elevated on the zero length launcher by a launch crew. Public address speaker has been set up in mid. GI spectators on the brow of slope. Missile in raised position on zero length launcher. Launching crew removes pre launch check out cable. Matador launches. A master sergeant looking at his watch. 69th Pilotless Bomber Squadron insignia and a Tripoli AB security badge.
A craggy mountain in Libya. Armed arab civilian militia brandishing their weapons as they pose for the camera in various places near buildings in Tripoli, Libya. Closeups of militia members, who include mostly young men but also several mature, older men. Two civilian politicians in suits and ties pose in a truck, with armed militia behind them. More images of militia brandishing weapons. Glimpse of one civilian politician pointing past the camera. More views of militia brandishing weapons.
Aircraft in flight over Libya. A ground target area. Dust rises due to fire passes. A United States Air Force F-86 Sabre dives at the ground target.
Opening scenes show interior of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft, Model A, filled with U.S. Army Airborne troops seated in its cargo compartment. Closeup of one trooper reading a magazine. Closeup of two smiling for the camera. Views of troopers napping and reading. Troopers looking out a window. A trooper wearing life vest checking his rifle. Brief view of radio operator at his station in the aircraft. View from behind the flight engineer at his station as he makes engine adjustments. The pilot in left seat of the cockpit. Closeup of throttles and mixture controls in cockpit. Navigator looking over charts. View of cockpit from just behind it. Flight engineer, again, at controls. Aircraft radios. Navigator plotting course using Weems plotter. View of running engine from cockpit. View of number 4 engine from cockpit. Views of Greenland Icecap from cockpit. Extended aerial views of C-124 in flight. It has wingtip heaters but no radome in the nose. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force" is painted on its fuselage. C-124 aircraft parked on the ramp at Thule Air Base, Greenland. One has tail number 1092. A C-124 taking off.
War-weary troops evacuated from former Allied territory arrive in Egypt during World War 2. The soldiers relax and smile. British Royal Navy warships underway to attack Italian installations in Libya. An airplane is launched from a British aircraft carrier. Gun crews bring shells on deck for heavy naval guns. A British sailor writes on one: "This'll make you whistle." Scenes of heavy naval bombardment of Italian military installations and the port at Tripoli, Libya. Daylight scenes reveal many sunken ships and destroyed Italian L11-39 tanks and military equipment.
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