https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/7f734117-a7b2-4fb3-9427-740b4085001d Browse our products on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YILTSD Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1938 film is entitled "Croisière D'escadre" / "Squadron Cruise". This is Part 2 of the film. Part One can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/NHb11WlDRkM 0:08 Hand, tracing the line from Casablanca to Agadir 0:23 Cruisers at anchorage by Agadir  0:35 The Port of Agadir and the fort. 0:42 An officer steps down and takes a light boat to the shore. Algéria heavy cruiser in the distance and, possibly, a French navy «  rapid supply ship  » «  ravitailleur rapide  » nearby.0:51-1 arriving to the pier 1:20 View from the port – heavy cruisers Algérie and Duquesne-class and the abovementioned rapid supply ship. 1:22 - 2:15 visit of the Fort of Agadir and its mosque. Officers followed by a crowd of children. 1:52 What looks like a Suffren-class heavy cruiser 2:15-2:30 Panoramic shot of Agadir and the sea. 2:39 Card: The Pacha of Agadir is throwing an Arab banquet ("diffa") to honor the French seamen  2:50 Arab cavalry, arriving, veiled muslim (  ?) women looking at the parade. 3:11 Fleet officer's car, Pacha - a man greeting them at the car 3:17 more veiled women, watching 3:20 Men, looking at the French officers' arrival 3:23 The Caïd/Pacha of Agadir Laceh Brahim Tamri is greeting the officers personally , local men dancing. 3:25-3:39 Men dancing, while the women watch. 3:40 vice-admiral Jean Decoux, squadron commander, surrounded by the local French socialites and the officers 4:00 More locals, dancing 5:21 The squadron HQ walking with the local military commanders and the Pacha 5:24 Bringing the food in the giant tajines and baskets and setting up 5:32 A seaman looks inside a tajine pot. 5:46 The poorer onlookes have taken places on trees to observe the banquet 5:50-6:25 The main tent. Officers eating and lying down on the carpets. 6:25 Card: Cruisers in the Atlantic during foul weather  7:21 Moderately-heavy seas. Ships keeping the line. Suffren-class heavy cruiser, followed by a Duquesne-class 9:20 Tracing the way to the Canary Islands, Las Palmas 9:40 Card: Short stay at the Canary islands  9:50 View upon Grand Canary from the sea 10:10 Sailor releasing the anchor chain for throwing the anchor. 10:15 Another shot of the Duquesne-class at port 10:22 Local produce traders and ferrymen have arrived to sell their services. 10:32-11:00 Views of Las Palmas, sailors on shore leave 11:00-11:26 Songbird shop, sailors looking at various birds but no Norwegian Blue 11:30-11:40 Monkeys for sale, seaman, trying to offer a piece of bread to a monkey. 12:15-12:39 Visiting a banana plantation and eating a banana straight from the tree 12:41 Tracing a way from Las Palmas back northeast to Barcelona 13:06 Card: Barcelona, last stop  13:13-13:24 A barquentine, near the coastto 13:35 The Spanish coast. 13:36-13:55 The port of Barcelona, full of sailing ships and various small tramp steamers. 14:11 Two Duquesne-class heavy cruisers 14:23 .. and a Suffren-class heavy cruiser 14:30 Once again the Chacal-class destroyers are lined up at a port. 14:50 Huge crowds have massed on the quai, to see the French Navy. 15:05 Sailors disembarking from the Suffren-class cruiser 15:21 Josep Klara's «  Deessa  » statue at the Plaça Catalunya 15:24 Christopher Columbus Monument column 15:42 La Sagrada Familia cathedral 16:00 Seamen enjoying the local sights and gardens 16:28 Pretty Dona at the window, throwing a flower at them 16:54 Belltower of Saint Ivo cathedral, Poble Espanyol, Barcelona 16:58 A local dona coiffed with an elaborate mantilla going upstairs 17:05-17:26 Seems like our seamen have found themselves a couple of local guides 17:30 Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes 17:57 The sailor, sitting on the deck is writing a letter: "Our cruise is now over. After leaving Barcelona, and after-tomorrow we will be in Toulon. Tender kisses from your son. Emile."18:22 Evening seascape. 18:30 The End   This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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