Strategic bombing attack 'Shuttle Mission' by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943 over Germany during World War II. A formation of B-17Fs over Germany. Vapor trails left by the airplanes. Aerial view of a German city. Smoking targets. B-17Fs over the Alps. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged tail flies over Regensburg, Germany. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged nose. Aerial view of African coastline. Mountainous terrain of Algiers, Algeria. Aerial view of barracks in Algiers. B-17Fs land on a field.
American convoy of U.S. Army M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls through Algeria near the Tunisian border. Protective distance is maintained between the vehicles. The convoy passes through a French road barricade and leaves Algeria crossing the Tunisian Frontier.
Ancient mammoth's bones discovered in bed of a creek in Kewanee in Illinois. Fred Keller discovered the bones. Several men pick the fossil bones. A man examines a bone. The bones are preserved in good condition. The man carry up the bones.
Italian prisoners load and unload canned foods on field in North Africa during World War II. Unsorted pile of crated foodstuffs. Italian prisoners carry and unload cases of foodstuffs. Italian prisoners on either side of conveyor line. U.S. army truck loaded with crates moves up in the background on a field. Prisoners load crates onto conveyor line. Stacked crates in an area. Some of the labeled cases read: "YELLOW PEA SOUP, MEAT & VEGETABLE STEW, CHOCOLATE STEW, CHOCOLATE DESERT PUDDING AND CHICKEN BONED AND CANNED"
General De Gaulle and General Giraud meet at Algeria airport in North Africa. They review the French troops. The troops are equipped with modern weapons. Car parked in the background. General Giraud decorates General Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander. Soldiers march. Trees in the background. (World War II period).
British King George VI in Tunisia, Africa during World War II. King George VI wearing a navy uniform gets out from a car. He speaks with United States Navy officers. He enters a Royal Navy canteen. They walk out of the canteen with United States Admiral Cunningham. U.S. sailors stand guard at the canteen door. King George speaks with the officers and shakes hands with them. The naval officers salute. A French committee in Algeria, Africa. The French committee along with French General George Catroux, General Charles De Gaulle stand on the stairs of a building. The committee members standing in the background. General De Gaulle speaks with French General Henri Giraud. General George Catroux and General Henri Giraud enter a car and drive off. General Charles De Gaulle descends stairs and gets into a car. The French flag flutters on a pole.
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