President Bourguiba addresses a gathering at an airfield in Tunis,Tunisia. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President of Tunisia Habib Bourguiba step down from speaker's stand to pavement. They stand at attention. Tunisian officers as they salute. Group of civilian stand on red carpet. Special guests stand near speaker's stand. President Eisenhower don his homburg and walk with President Bourguiba. They walk along a street. Eisenhower stops and waves to crowd. United States Marine Corps UH-34D (HUS-1) Seahorse helicopter taxis along runway. Large crowd in the foreground. President Bourguiba enters an official car. Staff and aides stand to right of car as he prepares to leave airfield for the palace.
The city of Tunis in Tunisia during World War II. An aerial view of the city of Tunis. Several buildings in the city. A few trees among the buildings. Aerial view of the streets with vehicles moving on them. Buildings lining the streets. Buildings along the coastline in view.
Bomb wreckage at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. A bomb damaged building in Tunis. French and American sentries beside a building on the side of a road. A sign board beside the building reads 'In Town Speed Limit 29 mph'. Vehicles moving past on the road. A truck with soldiers on the road. A soldier holding a French flag walking beside the sentries. A column of native horse carriages moving on a road loaded with a number of sacks and men seated on the sacks. Parts of wrecked aircraft on an airfield in the background. Wreckage of German and Italian aircraft at El Aouina airfield. A soldier walking beside the wreckage. The wreckage of tail assemblies of German aircraft heaped on the airfield. Swastika sign on the tail parts of the aircraft. Parts of the bomb wrecked aircraft strewn on the airfield.
Scuttled ships at the Tunis Port in Tunisia. Charred deck of a ship. Ruins of charred buildings and factories at the port. Hull of a sunken ship. Naval officers in a speed boat. Sailor walks past the rubble of damaged factory. Sign of the Tunis Port Depot. Wrecked ships and cranes in the background. A sailor stands before an iron gate.
The Battle of Tunisia in North Africa during World War II. A sign board. U.S. troops on trucks enter Ferry Ville. The troops on trucks hold guns. U.S. tanks advance on a field. Firing from across a lake. Buildings in Bizerte city in the foreground. U.S. troops on a truck fire guns. The troops in a jeep enter the city. A sign reads 'Bizerte'. A tank drives past on a road and fires. Buildings on either side of a street. Smoke rises due to the firing. The troops advance forward. A soldier with a gun checks a damaged building. The troops stand in a group. A damaged building in the foreground. British troops in jeeps and on motorbikes enter Tunis. The troops carrying guns and on tanks fire. A tuck in the foreground.
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.