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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Part 1: This is part two of “Rim of the Sahara”, a two part, silent, color travelog made by amateur filmmaker Clyde Diddle. The film documents his travels around the Sahara desert through Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya. This part of the film particularly highlights the Roman ruins found across North Africa from Morocco’s Volubilis to Tunisia’s Carthage. There is no record of when the production took place, but probably the late 1960s or early 1970s. Wild orange Moroccan poppy flowers dot olive grove (0:14). Family picnics on side of rural road (0:30). Young girl carries tray of bread on head, other portraits of young children around the medina (0:55). Old medina of perhaps Sefrou, near Fez (1:35). Women wash laundry at local watering hole (1:39). Young children gather around Clyde Diddle, look at him with curiosity (2:30). Foreign woman walks amongst locals in alleyway of old medina (3:19). Baguettes on counter at “hanute” (3:34). Examples of Roman mosaic works at Volubilis (3:45). Tourists walk through ruins of Volubilis, 3rd century Berber-Roman city (4:26). Girl sits on rock with father and brother, wearing headscarf and pink “takshita” usually reserved for special occasions (4:43). More scenes of archeological site, mosaic works (5:16). Tourist, perhaps Diddle’s wife, tries to communicate with group of local women and girls sitting to lunch on side of road through hand gestures (6:30). Outdoor vegetable souk, makeshift coverings, cobblestone roads perhaps Moulay Idriss (7:05). Steam billows from food carts serving grilled meat sandwiches (7:21). Young boy tries to hide from Diddle’s camera while selling vegetables (7:44). Scenes of men in traditional Djellabas and turbans socializing at market (7:53). Pastel colored blocks of nougat on vendor’s cart, close-up bees swarming (9:42). Various vendors sit in open square some selling traditional round bread, others Amazigh/Berber carpets of the Middle Atlas Mountains (10:28). Woman waves to camera while carrying produce on her head (11:09). Market stalls selling nuts, nougat, fresh herbs like mint and parsley (11:43). Tour guide in brown Djellaba and Fez cap stands besides perhaps Ms. Diddle amid crowd of locals (11:55). Camera pans Roman Ruins Dougga, Tunisia (12:23). Views of rolling green landscapes from Dougga (13:00). Perhaps Ms. Diddle, local guide walk along uneven cobblestone roads of ruins (13:16). Latin text inscriptions, Ancient Roman statue (13:34). Roman theatre of Dougga (14:40). Close-up perhaps Corinthian-style columns (14:54). Headless marble torso of ancient statue leans against rock wall (15:18). Temple of Juno Caelestis (15:48). Ms. Diddle, guide speak in archway of Antonian Bath, Dougga (16:00). Wild flowers, grass grow in crevices of ruins in foreground, Mausoleum of Atban in back (16:36). Arch of Diocletian at Sbetla Ruins (17:00). Arch of Antoninus Pius and Capitoline Temples (17:25). Latin text inscription (18:00). Ruins of stairs perhaps leading to what once was a thermal bath (19:18). Shadow of palm tree hangs over dried up stream in desert area, palm tree grove (20:06). Local young boys pose for camera on road (20:29). View from under olive tree of El Djem Colosseum (20:39). Close-up colosseum exterior wall (21:00). Colosseum interior, crowd of tourists gathered to hear guide (21:31). Various shots of archways, storage areas, columns, other architectural details of colosseum (22:12). Leptis Magna ruins, Libya (23:59). Car traverses desert road (24:50). Desert oasis shaded by palm trees perhaps Nefta, Tunisia (25:01). Portraits of women and children playing outside kasbah walls, tending to fields with donkeys (26:22). Pool area in middle of desert resort, blue of pool, colorful umbrellas contrast beige sandy surroundings (28:24). Perhaps Carthage Ruins, architectural details (28:53). Zaghouan Aqueduct (29:54). More details from Carthage: Corinthian-style pillar tops, mosaic works, crumbling archways, wildflowers (30:51). Archeologist crews work on perhaps Carthage amphitheatre, digging up statues (34:36). Casablanca skyline, combination of French architecture and modern office towers (35:41). Boulevard des FAR, Hôtel Marhaba (36:12). Bustling streets of downtown Casablanca, ad for Royal Air Maroc in background, signature red taxis drive by, traffic cops (36:16). Backlit camel stands towering over Sahara sand dune as sun shines down (39:29). 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. For more information visit
