Bomb being unloaded from cargo ship at Algiers harbor, Algeria during World War II. U.S. bomb dump shows stack of 500 lb. bombs in the foreground and bushes in the background. Bomb stacks nestled in bushes. Arab laborers and U.S. Army Air Force personnel load truck with bombs. Truck loaded with bombs moves down road leading to Rivet (large munitions dump). Laborers roll bombs onto a truck parked on the dock. Cargo ship in the background on dock. Bomb-loaded cargo net lowers onto quay of Algiers harbor. Arab dockworkers roll bombs. Bombs hoisted onto dock from cargo ship.
The Bastille Day Parade being witnessed by leader of Free French Forces General Charles De Gaulle in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. The officers salute on the side of the road. A man with a camera takes pictures. French naval officers in white uniform and other officers on the side of the road. The U.S. Army band marches on the road. Trees on the side path. The man with camera on the road. U.S. guards with rifles march. Man with U.S. flag in the front. Man with a flag follows. A cadet salutes in the front. Guards with rifles follow. The crowd on the side of the road watch. The French Army band follows. The French troops holding rifles march behind the band. Children, men and women look on from the side of the road as the guards march. Officers salute as they stand in front of the children. Men with flags and rifles march. General De Gaulle with other French officers and dignitaries on the other side of the road. General De Gaulle salutes as troops pass. French troops wearing American uniform ride in tanks and other American equipment. Crowd on either side of the road watch.
The Bastille Day Parade in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. A huge crowd cheering. Motor vehicles pass on the road at the Bastille Day Parade. A group of horsemen follow. Another group of men, women and children on the road. A man with a flag in the front. The men, women and children follow. A motorcade follows. The crowd cheers. A huge crowd on the side of the road. A band marches on the road. Cadets in uniform march. The troop pass through a street. A horseman on the roadside. People group on the road. A building with 'Alger Capitale Del Empire' written on it.
Aerial views of Algiers, Algeria, from the port inland. Mountains seen in the background.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headquarter installations in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An officer enters through the main gates of the headquarters. Major Holocomb, Executive Officer Major Pfleiger, Chief of Mission Colonel Edward Glavin and Lieutenant Colonel Russell Livermore talk to each other. U.S. soldiers, tents and military vehicles at the headquarters. Two officers talk to each other.
A U.S. Army parachute training school camp in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An Anglo American parachute school camp. Chief of Parachute Training Major Rucker poses. Major Rucker trains paratroopers. The paratroopers are inspected before boarding an aircraft. The paratroopers practice jumping from the aircraft.