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Morocco Today (1956) Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221308-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1956

Country: Morocco

Location: Casablanca Marrakech,Port Lyautey,Rabat,Sidi Slimane

TC Begins: 13:23:55

TC Ends: 13:36:37

Duration: 00:12:42

Morocco Today (1956) Pt. 2 of 2 Farmland after harvest; men gather seeds & tlak about soil. Large reservoirs & high dams; village beneath. Irrigation canals thru Atlas mountains; ditches, sluices. People picking cotton, CU men & women in robes. Men hoeing, sifting grain in basket. Tractor pulling swather in grain field. Aerial of large irrigation canal, orchards & fields. 13:26:28 Men, burros, camels to market or souk. Large number w/ cattle, burros, camels. Men bargaining & paying money. Stalls in tents. Aerial & others shots of power lines, dam & turbines. 13:27:42 Aerial over shacks & people walking between. New Medinas under construction w/ hand labor. Map showing highways & major cities. Aerial of Rabat; street scene of broad palm tree divided highway & modern buildings; buses, cars. Ext of railroad station, int. w/ departure board. Post Office ext & int. w/ people coming & going, mailing leetters. Newsstand w/ magazines, New York Herald Tribune being read. Ext. of Royal Cinema. Phoenician part of city; ruins. City of Sale’ from top of tower. 13:30:13 Casablanca LS, street scenes; bus station; US sodliers getting shoe shine. Traffic, pedestrians; large apartments; modern churches; new apartments; French posters. Slums on edges. Air France building & ticket office w/ counter & people buying tickets. 13:31:47 Goats grazing in trees. 13:32:18 Marrakesh aka Marrakech aerials, street along the walls, people walking to gates. Int. w/ mosque & minaret. Residence or palace of the Pasha. Souk or square w/ the groiups of musicians, snake charmers, story tellers. Sign: Golf de Marrakech w/ US army soldiers from Nouasseur playing. Camel grazing on green. 13:34:33 Fez w/ aerial. Arab city & narrow streets of medina w/ open shops & goods hanging. Fez & traditional arts & crafts museum. Copper work, leather work, bookbinding. CUs of men & women of all ethnic groups & classes. The End. Travelogue; Promotional Film; Educational Film; Geography;

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