The surrender of the Berbers in Morocco, North Africa. Men walking in an area. 12 bulls are ceremonially sacrificed to symbolize the surrender. Men seated holding flags. Guns lying on the ground.
Riots in France's Colonial Empire in North Africa. Tanks patrol streets. Wrecked vehicles. Men around rubble in street. Riots forces return of Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef from exile to Rabat in Morocco. Sultan's car surrounded by a large crowd after his return in Rabat. Crowd cheers. Sultan gains the power back. Sultan sits on his chair.
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.
U.S. crew of a B-24 bomber in Morocco, North Africa. A tall building. A crewman adjusts instrument from aircraft. View of city and snow capped mountains behind palm trees. American flyers,in uniform, walk on garden path among trees and across courtyard of hotel. Sky views of clouds behind palm trees.
Allied invasion of North West Africa during World War II. Coastline of Dakar, Senegal. A harbor in Dakar with ships at th harbor. A map of North West Africa depicts the location of Dakar. Aerial views of the city of Casablanca, Morocco. A harbor in Algiers, Algeria. Ships in the harbor. A large Allied invasion convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean as aircraft fly overhead. American soldiers aboard a troops ship. U.S. aircraft carrier underway at sea. U.S. Navy Douglas Devastator TBD-1 and Dauntless SBD-1 take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. United States troops climb down cargo nets and onto barges. Enemy aircraft in flight as they attack the Allied ships. Smoke rises as naval guns fire at the coastline. U.S. soldiers land on the shore and get off barges.
French Legionnaires, headquartered in Taza, mount mobile operations in the Rif mountains of Morocco. A sign board reads "Col Du Nador, Altitude 1430M." The Legionnaires take up positions and fire heavy machine guns from their tanks. Their Infantrymen fire small arms from prone positions. French gun crews fire 105mm howitzers. At a bridge,while officers consult together, soldiers fill a deep hole with stones to facilitate transit. A tribesman fighter (goumier) with a Legionnaire. Comrades transport injured soldiers and give them medical aid. A Legionnaire points up towards a Fokker D.XXIII aircraft overhead. Later an AT-6 is seen. It descends to attack a rebel position. A soldier looks through a pericopic binocular on a tripod. French troops moving along a hillside. French Officer with soldiers at a radio command post. French troops crawl to edge of a precipice and fire at rebel positions below.