Italian Expeditionary Forces at Northern Africa Front. Soldiers of Italian Expedition Force comes out of fox holes. They run out from dugouts. Machine gun emplacement at battle field. Soldiers fire guns. They look through binocular. Trucks and bikes in field. Soldiers run in trenches. Soldiers run in field with machine guns and fire in prone position. Airborne troops land on isolated emergency airfield built by Britishers on the desert. Paratroopers destroy gasoline and munition dumps in field. Soldiers stand with covered artillery. Troops get in aircraft with guns. Italian Expeditionary Forces in Malta: Air raid over Malta. Pilots get on planes. Plane taxis and takes off. Airplane in flight. Pilots in cockpit. Air plane in flight over sea. Aerial view of Malta Island. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. U.S. Marines land on beachhead in North Africa. Marines take cover in fox holes and behind rocks. Marines fire their rifles. Tank with soldier atop it moves on beach. Soldiers take cover behind a sand bag emplacement and fires at the enemy. Smoke rises on distant hills from shell hits. Marines drink and rest. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. U.S. Marines aboard Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in North Africa. Smoke rises from shell hits at the beach. Several other amphibious crafts and ships underway in the water. Assault boats head toward beachhead. Marines aboard the LCVP head toward the beachhead. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. U.S. Marines at a beachhead in North Africa. Few marines sitting near sand bag emplacement, smoke cigarettes and talk. Marines look toward the sky. One of the marines opens his bag. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. An allied warship underway off the coast of North Africa. An aircraft carrier passes by. Warship moves away from the camera. (World War II period).
Allied plane takes off in North Africa. Wrecked allied fighter plane. General Doolittle talking to member of press. (World War II period).