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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.)

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033506
Two men holding fast to railings on deck of a large steamship, ride out a storm at sea.

A storm at sea. Huge waves rising in the sea. Two men hold fast to the rails of a large steamship and watch the waves. One gets wet as a wave splashes above deck. Views of heavy seas and threatening skies.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1900, August 9
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040578
USS Squalus bow seen during recovery attempts.

United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. A reeving wire seen stretched over water towards a small craft. A man on board pontoon on which 'YSP-31' is seen. Heaving line is thrown from pontoon. Four men aboard pontoon. Hoses and cable clamp or 'flower pots' being attached to pontoons. Pontoons are vented. Men aboard Falcon. Flower pot hoisted up and windlass raises pontoon. Blow dried pontoon lies along side Falcon. Submarine being lifted by stern, pontoons surfacing and bow of submarine in mud is shown by animated drawing

Location: Atlantic ocean
Date: 1939
Duration: 9 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040702
Submarine USS Squalus recovery attempted with aid of pontoons.

United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. USS Wandank with a cable attached to stern and USS Sculpin helps to furnish air. Disturbance in surface of water as first pontoon is blown dry. Stern pontoons seen bobbing on surface. Men seen working on top of pontoons. Bow of Squalus seen. Bow turns over onside and sinks back in water. Animated drawing shows stern of Squalus being lifted from bottom, bow is lifted, stern drops down and sinks back to bottom.

Location: Atlantic ocean
Date: 1939
Duration: 11 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040703
A film titled 'Dramatic Rescues from "Sub" Trapped on Bottom of Sea'

A film titled 'Dramatic Rescues from "Sub" Trapped on Bottom of Sea'. United States Ship Falcon seen. Buoy indicating the spot where the rescue chamber is over the sunken submarine. Diving bell (the rescue chamber) is lowered in water. Rescue chamber comes out of water. Survivors are brought aboard Falcon from the chamber.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040707
Air bubbles rise to surface during recovery of USS Squalus

United States Navy's Salvage Operation of U.S. Submarine Squalus. Disturbance on water. Air hoses seen on water surface. Men on whale boat. Pontoons seen on surface. Men aboard pontoons. Men leave pontoons and climb back on boats. Air hoes in water. USS Sagamore seen. Men seen working on Falcon. USS Wandank seen. An air hose bursts. 'Flower-pot' clamp with heavy cable passing through it. Man in water goes below surface to check equipment.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1939
Duration: 8 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040708
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