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Remains of a German Messerchmitt 323 D-1 transport aircraft at El Aouina airfield in Tunis.

Wrecked German 6-engined Messerchmitt 323 D-1 (possibly RD+QG) at El Aouina airfield in Tunis. Two engines and props remaining on one wing and one remaining on the other. Wrecked fuselage of the airplane. Portion of landing gear laying on the ground. Damaged wheels of the airplane. A U..S. airmen sits in the wreckage framework and appears to be cutting something from it.

Date: 1943, May 29
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020479
U.S. airman climbs on framework of wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant at El Aouina airfield.

Views of wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant airplane at El Aquina airfield in Tunis, Tunisia. An American airman climbs upon the framework of the huge airplane. The vertical stabilizer is partially intact and contains many bullet holes.

Date: 1943, May 28
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020477
Allies force German forces almost completely out of Tunisia, North Africa, during World War II

Opening scene shows General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces conferring with his deputy for land forces, British Field Marshal Harold Alexander, his deputy for sea forces, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham, and his deputy for air operations, British air marshal Arthur William Tedder, during North African campaign in World War 2 . Map illustrating Allies military plans as analogy to internal combustion engine. General Eisenhower on an airfield consulting with his British Deputy commanders. A B-17 bomber parked in the background. Eisenhower salutes the British officers as he walks away. Lieutenant General Carl Spatz, Commander of the North West African Air Force, confers with British air marshal Tedder. Major General Jimmy Doolittle briefs airmen and smiles for the camera. Strategic bombers named Pluto, Yankee Doodle, Jersey Jackass, Alice the Goon, and Fancy Pants. Picture of British Air Vice Marshal, Sir H.P. LLoyd, chief of Coastal air Force. A British Avro Anson aircraft flying air cover over a convoy of Allied ships. Diagram showing how all British and American fighter aircraft and attack bombers were placed under the command of British Air Marshal Cunningham, who is seen stepping from an airplane. British Field Marshal Harold Alexander in command of all ground forces is also seen stepping from an aircraft. The two of them are seen at a small camp trailer that they shared in the Tunisian mountains, where they work together, at a planning table. Marshal Cunningham is seen briefing air crews in mid March, 1943. B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation and drop bombs on German Mareth fortifications in Tunis. German anti-aircraft guns create many black flak clouds among the bomber formation. View from a B-24 aircraft of the bombs exploding on the ground. British Field Marshal Harold Alexander is seen walking with a member of his staff across the sands. Diagram shows planned advance of the British 8th Army. Numerous British heavy guns fire nighttime barrages against the German positions, as British infantry advance. They use scaling ladders and sappers detonate charges. They carry sticks to line trenches and set up defensive fortifications. Tanks advance as well. Heavy rain creates problems and some armor bogs down in mud. The next morning British troops are seen in their trenches as smoke drifts across the area. British soldiers moving cautiously under fire. German Field Marshal Rommel looks through binoculars. The Germans bring more armored units into the area. British gunners firing field artillery and mortars. Map illustrates how 2nd New Zealand Division under Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg, swings around behind the German line. Formation of British B-26 marauder aircraft flying over the desert. A British Vickers Wellington bomber in flight. Bombardier in aircraft pressing a release button and bombs fall away creating huge explosions on the ground. British mosquito bomber flying low. A bomb explodes on ground and the Mosquito aircraft pulls up and away. Another mosquito bomber flying low on a strafing run. Tanks of 2nd New Zealand Division welcomed into El-Hamma, Tunisia, in the Battle of the Mareth line. View of South African army engineers using caterpillar tractor to build roads for Allied forces. Glimpse from rear of three British warships underway in the Mediterranean sea. Front view of a British Queen Elizabeth Class battleship underway. The battleship firing her 15-inch guns. U.S. P-38 fighter planes in formation. Glimpse of pilot in cockpit wearing leather helmet and earphones. Formation of German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft flying low over the sea, carrying German troops to reinforce those in Tunisia. View of German soldiers inside the cabin of a Ju-52. Closeup of three Ju-52 transports flying very low over water. Several U.S. P-38 fighter planes attacking the transports. Pilot in one, pressing button to fire his guns. Gun camera images of P-38s shooting down German transport planes. Map shows American, British, and French forces pressing Eastward against the Germans. Several views of U.S. Lieutenant General George Patton at the front as his forces move foreward. Battlefield scenes. American patrols meet up with British patrols from their 8th Army. Views of the U.S. and British soldiers happy to meet one another. Map shows Allied forces pushing the Germans further. Allied infantry walking into town of Enfilaville. Local families returning to their homes with all their belongings, in carts pulled by donkeys and other animals. In the town, encouraged by British troops, a group of Jewish boys remove Jewish star (star of David) emblems from their jackets that had been used by occupying Germans to identify them as Jewish. British army doctors tending to local women and children.

Date: 1943, March
Duration: 10 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033512
German air raids on an Allied airport at Souk El Arba in Algeria.

German air raids on an Allied airport at Souk El Arba in Algeria. German dive bombers (Junkers) drop bombs on key targets. American soldiers retaliate. Soldiers put the casualties in armored U.S. ambulances. U.S. P-38s dogfight with German Junkers. U.S. C-47 transport planes loaded with supplies and fuel arrives to replenish Allied forces. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029002
Allied armored vehicles prepare to deploy at Tebourba in Tunisia, North Africa, in World War 2.

Heavy rainfall over the Tebourba valley in Tunisia,North Africa. German Panzer tank column can be seen in the valley. Map shows a war plan of the Allied forces. German Panzer division advances from Tunis while Allied forces advance from Nedtez El Bab. Allied tanks such as M3 Stuart,US half tracks, British scout cars and other armored vehicles advance to Tebourba. U.S. P-38s and Spitfires provide air support to the Allied convoy. Scout cars and M3 half tracks provide ground reconnaissance.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029005
Views of Tunis harbor filmed from a ship whose crew also demonstrates firing of ship's guns.

Montage of brief scenes in World War 2, around Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The first is view from a ship rising and falling with waves or swells in water, with sun setting in background. Next a high speed boat (perhaps a PT boat) is seen churning up large white wake as it speeds about in waters near Tunis. Closeup of a sailor (aboard the camera boat) manning a deck gun. He maneuvers the gun in various elevations and directions and then fires a round from it. Another crew member fires a tripod mounted Browning M 1919 air cooled 30 caliber machine gun. A third sailor fires a twin 20mm antiaircraft gun from a station atop the ship. A soldier fires his rifle from the ship's deck at sunset. Camera pans across widely spaced group of warships in the distance, and continues panning to show city of Tunis on the horizon. Now in Tunis harbor, the camera ship moves past a sunken ship with masts and funnel showing above water surface. Anchored transport ships silhouetted against light sky in the harbor. Stern view of a landing craft infantry. Huge explosion occurs in the water. An American soldier is seen on a sandy hill plunging the handle on a detonator. Views of waters turning rough in the area. Change of scene and time (water is extremely calm). A beached ship is seen in the harbor and several boats.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029014