Allied officers attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Le Pavois in Algiers, Algeria. French Admiral Jean Louis Darlan salutes the Tomb. He greets various Allied military dignitaries including French General Henri Giraud. The Admiral inspects troops. General Dwight D Eisenhower greets military dignitaries. General Eisenhower talks with Admiral Darlan. (World War II period).
Film begins showing a British Spitfire aircraft in flight overhead, viewed from a warship. Next the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable (67) is seen and an Atlanta class light cruiser nearby. A Corsair fighter plane circles the carrier and lands on it. It is followed by another that executes a missed approach, goes around and returns again to land. Two battleships are seen and then other warships and the carrier in the distance. A light cruiser is viewed from a following ship having twin guns in a forward turret. Several warships silhouetted against the sky in the distance. Near land, barrage balloons are seen in the sky. Several transport ships in the distance with barrage balloons above them. Ships headed toward a port with a city behind it.
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. Boat crew member of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in the foreground and other amphibious crafts in the background approach toward beachhead. Smoke rises on distant hills due to shell hits. Light tank loads off LCT (Landing Craft Tank) onto beach. Troops disembark from a LCVP. LCVP and LCT on beach head. Troops disembark and advance down the beach. (World War II period).
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt standing in front of a hangar on a wet airfield ramp, with B-17s parked in distance, during World War 2. Formation of airmen behind Colonel Roosevelt, standing in front of a B-17 bomber. General Doolittle walking up to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and pinning Dinguished Flying Cross medal on him and then shaking hands. General Doolittle and Elliot Roosevelt saluting. Doolittle walks away. Distinguished Flying Cross seen on Colonel Roosevelt's blouse. He wears Navigator wings. (He was not a pilot.)
Casablanca Cathedral, also known as the Sacred Heart Cathedral (Angle rue d'Alger et boulevard Rachdi, quartier Gautier, Casablanca 20250, Morocco) in Casablanca, Morocco. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower passing between lines of Senegalese troops and continuing into church. Two French colonial cavalrymen. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower standing at attention. Line of mourning relatives. General Eisenhower placing wreath on French American memorial and then Giraud and Eisenhower salute. American flag being lowered to half. Crowd looking on. Wreath covered memorial. Marines filling past graves. White crosses marking fallen French and American soldier's graves. (World War II period).
North African campaign in World War 2. Film begins with antiaircraft fire from an Allied ship, at dusk, directed at German bombers (unseen). Next, flames are seen and smoke rising from an Allied ship that has been struck by a bomb. A Destroyer Escort nearby and a small vessel in background, both send morse code messages by signal lamps. The camera boat moves around to port, astern,the striken ship, where the fire is concentrated, and moves closer as smoke obscures the stricken ship entirely. In next sequence, smoke is seen rising from two smaller ships that have also been hit.