View from hill of American Army camp outside Casablance, Morocco, during World War Two. Rows of pup tents visible. Troops drawn up in formation. President Roosevelt in a jeep, and General George Patton and General William H. Wilbur, standing, review troops. Army band in the center of the ground. A Sergeant demonstrates weapon handling from manual of arms. A building with 'Anfa Hotel' written on it. Marching troops and color guard seen.
Events related to the Casablanca Conference. U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated on lawn wearing civilian clothes. Several officers including General Henry H Arnold, Admiral Ernest J King, General George C Marshall, Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham, Sir Alan-Brooke, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Marshal Sir Charles Portal and Harry Hopkins in the background. Roosevelt and Churchill read documents.
Events related to the Casablanca Conference. U.S. Rangers lined at attention. Lord Mountbatten and General George S Patton Junior. American Ranger salutes. Elliot Roosevelt in uniform speaks to a U.S. officer. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in jeep speaks with General Patton and smiles.
Events related to the Casablanca Conference. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill exits from a building. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Admiral Cunningham and Sir Alan-Brooke stand nearby. A group of British officers stand behind Prime Minister Churchill.
Film begins showing the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca. Inside, Allied generals meet to plan further steps in World War 2, against the Axis powers. Charles de Gaulle and French General Henri Giraud are seen walking together at an airport. Closeup of the two. View of Allied General staff members around a table. U.S. principals include Army Chief of Staff, General George Marshall and Air Force Chief, Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold. Views of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces, His deputy for land forces, British Field Marshal Harold Alexander, his deputy for sea forces, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham, and his deputy for air operations, British air marshal, Arthur William Tedder (1st Baron Tedder) Outdoors. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are seen seated, conversing. Churchill's airplane, named Commando, a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft adapted for passenger transport is seen ready to take him to Tripoli to greet the victorious British 8th Army. Churchill greeting British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Tripoli. Animated map shows battle lines and disposition of Allied forces along the Algiers-Tunisian front. View of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting defenses at the Mareth line in Tunisia. Fifteen divisions of German, and 7 divisions of Italian troops entering the front lines. German Tiger tank followed by a Panzer IV aus d tank. German infantry marching along a road. Seasoned German troops in camouflaged vehicles. Formation of German Focke Wulf 189 aircraft and view of one dropping bombs. General Rommel pointing to something at the front. Animated map showing the battlefront. (Narrator says German orders were to hold Tunisia at all costs.) View of Rommel, eating a sandwich as he studies document in a defensive position behind the Mareth line. German soldier using periscopic binoculars to view the front. German forces initiating an attack westward driving Allied forces back. Map show German forces advancing beyond the Kasserine pass. Rommel in a staff car, as he learns that the Allied forces have counter-attacked and are driving his forces back to the original battle lines. American infantry marching Eastward to reoccupy Kasserine Pass and beyond, past destroyed German tanks. Rommel's forces make an attack Southward toward the British 8th Army positions. View of new Tiger tank employed by the Germans. A British soldier removes the cover from their new 17 pounder anti-tank gun. View of burning Tiger tanks destroyed by the new British guns. (Narrator says 52 were left burning hulks.)
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Free French Forces leaders General Charles De Gaulle and General Henri Giraud and other military officers in Casablanca, Morocco during World War II. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in chairs and several army personnel stand behind them on a lawn in front of a building. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seated in chairs in a garden and talk. A French General Henri Giraud, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, French General Charles De Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in front of a building and talk among themselves. General Giraud and General De Gaulle rise from their chairs and shake hands and again sit down. A building in the back. A group of war correspondents, seated on the grass in the lawn, interview President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Both of them talk and smile. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill seated with other officers standing behind them.