Major General James B Doolittle, commander, Northwest African Strategic Air Forces, presenting award citations to U.S. Army Air Forces fliers. He presents Distinguished Flying Cross to a Colonel, who wears Command Pilot wings. General Doolittle surrounded by fliers, points to Bizerte, on a map of Tunisia. Doolittle donning a flight jacket, as he stands beside an airplane.
B-25 aircrafts of U.S. Army Air Force in formation in Tunisia. A-30 aircrafts in formation. B-26 aircrafts in formation. A-30s flying. A -30s in background. B-25s flying. Three A-30s and six B-25s in formation. A-30s flying. B-25s flying diagonally. Nose of B-24 aircraft. B-25 and four A-30s. Five B-25s flying. Nose of a B-25. Vehicles moving across desert. A B-25 aircraft. 6 B-25s dropping bombs on desert. Scenes of desert showing bursts. Four B-25s. Bombs falling through open bomb bay door then bomb bay doors close. Bomb bursts seen in desert. Line of smoke rising from bomb bursts in desert. Enemy planes fleeing in desert. B-25 flying. Oil dump blazing in desert. B-24 flying. View of desert. B-25 flying, drops bombs, bomb bay doors close. (World War II period).
Six Pursuit planes flying against white clouds in Tunisia. B-25 aircraft under wing. B-25 flying. Six Pursuits flying. Eight Pursuits in formation. B-25 dropping bombs. Six Pursuits in background. Bomb bursts on city roads. B-25 accompanied by six Pursuits. B-25 dropping bombs. Bombs falling through open bomb bay doors. Doors close. B-25 accompanied by seven pursuits dropping bombs and flying. Ten B-25s flying. Formation of B-25s with occasional bursts of flak. Cloud formations. Bomb bursts on road. A-20s aircrafts flying. (World War II period).
A dozen U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft, of the 14th Fighter Group, departing from Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War 2. They make formation takeoffs in flights of four. Views of them in formations overhead. (Their mission is in support of the Allied Italian campaign.)
United States Officers seated in a classroom at Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville. Colonel Harry Hopp enters room and briefs the officers.
SS Baloeran moves towards Tangier harbor in Morocco. Houses beyond the harbor. A tug boat, manned by uniformed sailors, viewed from a ship. Passengers transferring from a smaller ship to the Holland American Liner SS Rotterdam. Views from the deck of the Rotterdam. Various French, German and Italian ships in the harbor. A ship underway in sea. Waves hitting shore. View of sea from a hill on the harbor. Aerial view of the harbor. A Moroccan man waving a cloth to signal to a light house on a hill top.
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