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British Troops relax in Egypt after being evacuated from previously Allied-held territory in North Africa.

War-weary troops evacuated from former Allied territory arrive in Egypt during World War 2. The soldiers relax and smile. British Royal Navy warships underway to attack Italian installations in Libya. An airplane is launched from a British aircraft carrier. Gun crews bring shells on deck for heavy naval guns. A British sailor writes on one: "This'll make you whistle." Scenes of heavy naval bombardment of Italian military installations and the port at Tripoli, Libya. Daylight scenes reveal many sunken ships and destroyed Italian L11-39 tanks and military equipment.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043884
German troops advance against Allies at Tobruk, in Libya, during World War II.

German soldiers battle against the British in their drive against Tobruk, Libya during World War II. Italian and German soldiers load and fire artillery. Fire and explosion at British positions. German General Erwin Rommel looks through binoculars. German soldiers seated near a trench. General Rommel speaks to the soldiers. The soldiers drink water from their canteens. Wrecked British armor. Black smoke rising from a number of knocked out British tanks. General Rommel confers with his officers from his command half-track "Greif." German soldiers tie a Nazi flag on the gun barrel of a British tank. Afrika Corps soldiers erect a prefabricated heavy duty wooden bridge over a small ravine. German armor advances past burning British vehicles. The Germans capture British supplies. A soldier seen carrying a large tin labeled "water." A contingent of the first captured British soldiers are marched toward the rear. Later, more than 20,000 British prisoners are seen streaming from Tobruk. German soldiers advance with captured British softskin vehicles. The artillery being towed by a truck. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks advance.

Date: 1941, April
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675064775
German and Italian trucks, tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War 2

German trucks, German Panzer Pz.III tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War II. Scenes near Bengazi Libya. German pilots and Italian pilots in conversation near Axis aircraft on an airfield. Italian soldiers carrying rifles ride on motorcycles. Natives on camels watch them. Convoy of Axis military vehicles and many trucks on roads. A post of Soldiers of Army of Italy in desert. Italian air force pilots in collaboration with German forces discuss prior to take off for a mission. Italian biplane aircraft taking off. Barb wired border lines in desert guarded by Italian soldier. Italian troops on the move on motorcyles. Nazi planes bomb British positions in desert. Gun camera footage of German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Me 110) aircraft attacking and firing on British targets on the ground in the desert.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675036553
British troops fight Italians in Libya; Germany opens Eastern Front Campaign during World War II.

Images taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The North African Campaign, 1940: Convoy of British tanks, trucks, and infantry advance over the Libyan Desert. British soldiers fire artillery. Masses of Italian prisoners marched by British soldiers. Next shown is campaign on the Eastern Front, 1941, as Germany attacks Russia: Nazi tanks advance under Luftwaffe air cover into the Soviet Union. Aerial view of German Junker Ju 87 aircraft in flight. German tanks and armored vehicles rolling. Wide view of many German tanks rolling east. German soldiers leaping down from a hill with smoke all around as they battle in a Russian town. Russian Pe-2 bomber aircraft in flight. Interior view of pilot and crew in Soviet Pe-2 bomber while in flight. Soviet soldiers on tanks during a battle. Burning tanks. Soviet soldiers run toward battle front and pass a dead German soldier on the battlefield.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021763
Thousands of people in Venice, Italy board a fleet of ships for Libya, North Africa to settle in colony

The greatest mass migration from Venice, Italy to Libya, North Africa. Thousands of people from Italy gathered at the Piazza San Marco during a send-off ceremony. A cardinal leads a mass for Italian settlers leaving for Libya. Crowds gathered outside the Basilica of St. Mark (P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). Italian settlers carry their belongings with their children. They board a fleet of ships for Libya to help settle into its colony.

Date: 1939, November 13
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070952
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