Start of film shows views from an Allied ship close to Tunis, North Africa, as shells strike a fortress on a hill. Numerous explosions raise white smoke as the shells strike. Change of scene shows heavy black smoke rising from a fire at the port of Tunis after being attacked. Italian firemen direct water from hoses to extinguish it. Next, smoke rises from an area of destroyed facilities as firemen also spray water to fight it. View of stern of a grounded burning ship as firemen fight it with water from hoses. Heavy black smoke rising from a burning ship in the harbor. On shore, Italian soldiers carry a wounded victim on a litter over their shoulders. Occupying American soldiers are seen in the background. Another view of the burning grounded ship and firemen directing water on it from hoses. More views of fires raising heavy black smoke in the Port. A gun in a ship's turret firing at approximately a 30 degree elevation.
Opening scene shows Port of Tunisia as viewed from a British warship in its harbor, during World War 2. Foreground shows QF 2-pounder 40-millimetre (1.6 in) British autocannon (commonly called "pom pom" and used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy). An Italian submarine moves slowly through the harbor and docks. Sustained view of Italian sailor aboard a warship looking through binoculars. Italian Naval officer at the helm looking through binoculars. Closeup of another Italian naval officer with pipe in his mouth. Landing craft side by side at a stone pier. British soldiers disembarking from a ship onto a dock, with all their gear, and proceeding to the main pier. Change of scene shows a deep sea diver in suit and helmet being helped to descend into the water from a dock. As he sinks underwater, many bubbles rise from his air supply. Another view of a deep sea diver being prepared to descend. Men assist him with hoses and helmet.
Allied occupation forces after the fall of Tunis, Tunisia, in World War 2. View from shore of large Allied transport ships side by side at a beach. Views of beach front fortifications. A pair of coastal defense guns on a hill overlooking a beach. Several views of Allied Landing craft infantry, Large, LCI(L), in a harbor.
At start of film a destroyer is seen in the distance racing through white capped sea, with heavy black smoke streaming from its single stack. View shifts to sailors aboard a ship operating motorized anchor cable winches. Troops equipped with back packs and bed rolls, step from a landing craft onto a shore of black material. extended views of a barrage balloon overhead in a clear blue sky. View from railed porch on a building of ships docked nearby below. View from water in harbor of barrage balloon flying above ships. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
French gun crews in steel battle helmets scramble aboard their warship docked in the Port of Tunis, Tunisia, after the fall of Tunisia to the Allies, during World War II. Scene shifts to twin guns being raised and lowered in tandem from turrets on the ship's deck. Crew members obtaining shells from ship's armory and loading them into the twin guns. The left gun fires. Crew bring more shells to the gun turrets.
Glimpse of American sailors; derricks; and a landing ship tank ( LST) at the Port of Tunis in World War 2. Sign on building reads: "A.S.T.B. Tunis." A sailor seen in the cab of a derrick at the controls. Sailors guide a large auxiliary generator down the ramp of the LST. The sailor-operated derrick lowers a cable with hook that sailors fasten to the generator and the derrick begins to lift it.
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