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United States Infantrymen search buildings for snipers under cover fire by American officers at Bizerte City in Tunisia.

United States infantrymen search buildings for snipers in the city of Bizerte. Troops scurry across street under cover fire by American officers lying in the middle of the street. Infantrymen moves from doorway to doorway towards the end of the street. Destroyed buildings in the city. Tank moves down the street in search of the MG nests. Infantrymen get off from the jeep. A sign reading 'Bizerte' also includes speed limit.

Location: Bizerte Tunisia

Date: 1943, May 9

Duration: 2 min 9 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

The US 2nd Army and the British 8th Army capture the city of Bizerte and the German troops surrender during the World War II.

The Axis troops are crushed by the Allied Forces in North Africa during World War II. The US 2nd Army moves towards Bizerte. US tanks and infantry on the roads. Wrecked German tanks along the way. US General Eisenhower, Allied Commander in Chief, inspects the abandoned German weapons and the booby traps. The British 8th Army moves towards Tunis. The Allied troops move into a town. The locals cheer and destroy all the signs of Axis occupation. British General Montgomery in a car. The natives welcome the Allied troops. German planes shot down. Allied artillery destroys German naval base. The Allied soldiers move to the outskirts of Bizerte. The Allied tanks move in the streets. Allied troops search the streets. German troops come in trucks and surrender. An Allied soldier note down the names of the surrendering German generals. Hordes of German prisoners led away. The Allied Forces move into city of Bizerte. The citizens welcome the Allied troops. US, British and French flags fly.

Location: Bizerte Tunisia

Date: 1943

Duration: 5 min 32 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

German prisoners moving among wreckage at a harbor and in Bizerte, Tunisia during World War II.

German prisoners in Bizerte, Tunisia during World War II. View of wrecked ships in a harbor in Bizerte. Wreckage of a ship in the water beside the harbor. A few men and children rowing a boat beside the wrecked ship. A group of German prisoners at the harbor collecting equipment. The prisoners holding equipment walking in a column. A few US soldiers standing on the side watching the prisoners. The prisoners walking at the harbor. Ships in the harbor in the background. The prisoners moving in a column. The prisoners holding baggage board a ship. A bomb damaged building in the city. Columns of German prisoners moving along a city street. Buildings on the side of the road.

Location: Bizerte Tunisia

Date: 1943, June 8

Duration: 2 min 35 sec

Sound: No

Color: Color

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None