Aden Protectorate Levies (1960)

Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate on parade and exercise. M, Ss showing a man leading two camels along a dusty street in Aden; general view of a busy town with lots of people milling about dressed in traditional costume, camels resting and some very old stone buildings; M, S of four local men sitting on a wall three are smoking from long thin pipes. C, U of sign Training Battalion, Aden Protectorate Levies with translation in Arabic ( ) below. Commentator tells us one of the main reasons for cessation of barbarism here is the Aden Protectorate Levies, a small but compact force formed in 1928. M, Ss and C, Us as we see new recruits having their thumbs inked and pressed onto various documents few recruits can write so an inky thumb signs them in for an initial four years. M, S of the troops marching; C, U of an RSM of the Welsh Guards shouting commands; M, S as the troops come to a halt. M, S of a parade ground as we see Sultan Lahet Fadlh Bin Ali coming down some steps of a dais to inspect the