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Allied Invasion of North Africa during World War II

Allied warships move towards North Africa during World War 2. A sailor on a destroyer monitors sonar indicating presence of a submarine. A sailor looks through a pair of binoculars and another sailor nearby has a pair of headphones. Loudspeaker signals call to general quarters. Sailors rush up the stairs. Numerous depth charges are launched and explode in the water. Next, a wide oil slick on the surface indicates the submarine has been struck by the depth charges. An officer looks through a pair of binoculars. A man speaks into a radio. Soldiers amuse themselves on a troop ship. One plays the piano and others playing play cards, read novel while eating an apple. Flags of Major General Patton and Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) off the coast of North Africa. Semaphore flags and signal lights communicate between ships. Soldier with 'map of West Africa' in his back pocket. Two soldiers read a language guide. An animated map detailing Plan Acrobat to invade North Africa. Map includes Casablanca, Algiers, Tripoli, and Libya. Soldiers exercise, peel potatoes and relax on a troop ship. Clothes hung on a line. British soldiers write letters home. A soldier pastes news on a bulletin board. The bulletin announces that the 'German Afrika Corps' are in full retreat. Night time aerial views of bombing of cities in Italy. Narrator states the bombing included Naples, Genoa, and Turin. Explosions and smoke on the ground below from the bombing. Aerial view of daylight bombing at lower altitude of a Renault tank factory. Submarine on surface at twilight. Eighth Army plane. General Eisenhower, General Mark Clark and French General Giraud. Night scene. Soldiers on the deck. German WWII headquarters at night with guards in Rome and at the The Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Hitler at Berghof . German switchboard, terminal, and radio communications. Messages passed between Allied ships via signal light and ship-to-ship cargo transfer. ( Note The Operation Acrobat discussed in this film is misleading. That plan was scrapped, and the Allied North African campaign was conducted as part of Operation Torch.)

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033506
Many Pollywogs in the large pools on the deck of USS Enterprise during crossing the line ceremonies.

Many Pollywogs in the large pools on the deck of USS Enterprise during crossing the line ceremonies. Shellbacks bringing in the pool. Shellbacks dressed as pirates. Looking down over the large box used at the garbage trough. Shellback climbs in as the Shellbacks rub the garbage over the Pollywog. Man then leaves the wooden trough. Pollywogs being dumped into the pool. Shellbacks slapping the Pollywogs on the backside as they move along on their hands and knees. Some of the new Shellbacks wringing out their undershirt. Many of the new Shellbacks on the flight deck, talking and laughing over the whole matter. Many are dressed as pirates, many of the Pollywogs who are now full fledged Shellbacks. Standing around on flight deck, some of the Pollywogs trying to clean themselves up.

Date: 1965, November 7
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034610
Arrival of Japanese submarines at an Axis Naval base in the Atlantic.

Arrival of Japanese submarines at an Axis Naval base in the Atlantic. Admiral Donetz, in behalf of the German Navy, greets Japanese officers. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 8
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034743
Italian submarine Barbarigo in the Atlantic.

Scenes on board of submarine Barbarigo in the Atlantic. Crew members working inside the submarine. Crew members see through periscope. An enemy transport is torpedoed and another one is sunk by cannon fire. The crew takes to life boats. Crew members on the deck of the submarine see through binoculars. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 8
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034744
The return of the Barbarigo submarine of Italy to an Italian Atlantic Naval base.

The return of the Barbarigo submarine to an Italian Atlantic Naval base. Barbarigo inscribed on a submarine. Measurements of Maryland and Mississippi submarines and dates written on hull of submarine. A band playing on ship. Formation in air by planes. The barbarigo submarine comes. German and Italian sailors greet officers and crew of Barbarigo. Italian ambassadors, Alfieri and Buti, together with Admiral Donetz are the first to congratulate.

Date: 1942, November 12
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034749
U.S. Navy readying for World War I.

American ships at sea as the Navy makes preparations for participation in the first World War. Smoke rises from the smokestack of a ship. Sailors on a ship.

Date: 1917
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035196