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Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco.

Allied bomber lands at an airfield in North Africa. Airmen on the airstrip. Several Allied planes at the air base as one taxis on the runway. Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. A soldier with the American flag patch on sleeve. United States soldiers and military band march with the American flag. Soldiers raise the flag. Soldiers march with the French flag. French and other Allied officers at the ceremony. A soldier takes photographs. Soldiers at the French 'Base Aeronautique Navale De Lartigue' in Lartigue, Algeria. American and French flags. Allied officers talking. Soldiers around tents in a camp area. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020520
Italian and German forces engage British in North African campaign during World war II

Film opens showing Italian soldiers in North Africa using a sound detection device to locate incoming aircraft during World War 2. They detect a British bomber and ready their anti aircraft gun (90mm Cannone da 90/53). Shells being loaded in the tun and closeup of the principal gunner. British aircraft maneuvering in sky overhead. Two anti aircraft guns firing. Closeup of one viewed from breech as it fires. Batteries of the anti aircraft guns firing. Closeup of Italian gunner reacting as a British plane is hit and falls trailing smoke. It crashes and explodes in the desert some distance away. Closeup of burning aircraft wreckage. Some German Messerschmitt bf 109 fighters taking off from a desert field. Airborne view of Messerschmitt Me bf 110 in flight (view from wingman's aircraft). Closeup of back seat machine gun barrel. View from aircraft strafing ground target on desert below. View from rear seat of the Me 110, where occupant is sending Morse code radio message. View of German field radio station (sign reads: "Funkbetriebs Stelle!") German army radio operators with headphones working at the station and using a blanket for cover from strong wind. Wind blowing and sand drifting. German soldiers seeking protection from sand storm. Wind undoes tiedown of a tent which soldiers hasten to refasten. Two soldiers raise canvas that covered them during storm and stand upright.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675033491
Allied Forces move successfully towards Tunisia but are forced to withdraw by severe German counterattacks during World War II.

Animated map shows Allied forces in three columns heading toward Tunis, from Algeria in World War 2. Another map shows German forces pouring into North Africa, from Italy. German troops disembarking from a troop ship. View of German Marshal Albert Kesselring, the Mediterranean Commander in Chief of the Axis powers, visiting German troops at the front. Skirmishes between Allied and German forces in Tunisia. German troops firing a heavy machine gun from a dug-in position. American soldier firing his rifle. British soldiers advancing across a field, under fire. Germans firing heavy machine gun. British soldier throwing a hand grenade. American M2 light tank advancing. Army truck carrying U.S. troops. British soldiers marching along a roadside. Sign identifying Béja Tunisia. British soldier with field radio. View of French military commander in Tunisia, General Barré, whose troops were holding Medjez-el-Bab) against German forces. Views of the French forces employing only machine guns and rifles to hold the German forces back at Medjez-el-Bab. General Kenneth Anderson, Commander of the British 1st Army is seen observing at the front with binoculars. (Narrator notes, he moved his troops to support the French, and the Germans withdrew.) Allied troops are seen continuing their advance toward Tunis, but suffer attack by German bombers. November 25th battle with Allied and German tanks engaging each other. Views of Allied armor firing and German shells striking. Explosions all over the battlefield. German tank burning. (Narrator says "15 enemy tanks destroyed, and the rest withdrew.") Animated map shows continuing Allied advance toward Tunis and Bizerte. Scenes from what was known as the "Run For Tunis." Milestone showing 64 kilometers to Bizerte. Roadsign showing 14 Km to Tindja, and 27 Km to Bizerte. A patrol of British troops, sheltered in ruins of a hilltop building, looks down over the city (presumably Tunis). Distant view of German Panzer IV tanks crossing open area. German forces begin heavy counterattacks with armor and heavy artillery. A squadron of German Ju 87, stuka dive bombers attacks making their familiar howling sounds. Bombs bursting on the ground. Glimpse of silhouetted German Heinkel He 111 bomber overhead and more attacking German aircraft dropping bombs. Fires raging everywhere among Allied forces locations. British soldiers assisting a wounded comrade. A burning downed British aircraft. Allied forces forced to retreat toward hills.

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033508
German Luftwaffe operations primarily in siege of Sevastopol in World War II

German ground crews hand crank JU-87 Stuka dive bombers to start them, during World War 2. A flight of four fly over the camera, carrying a bomb under each wing. Scene shifts to German Bf-109 fighters being readied for takeoff. German ace, Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille, is being helped into cockpit of his Messerschmitt Bf-109, by a crew chief. Camera focuses on the tail of his airplane displaying eagle atop a wreath encircling "100." An iron cross appears below the wreath. Ground crews crank start other Bf-109s, that taxi out and are seen, next, in formation flying above clouds. Closeup of two airborne Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers. View from the air of the harbor at Sevastopol, Crimea. Stukas dive bombing Sevastopol. German ground forces bombarding Sevastopol with heavy artillery. German soldiers advancing towards an area being shelled by German tanks. German soldiers gather near radio operator at base of a concrete building using radio to communicate. Stuka dive bombers overhead. Bombs exploding in the city. A Junkers 88 bomber in flight. Bombs dropping on Port below. View of pilot in cockpit of German bomber. View from air of bomb craters below. View from cockpit of a Ju-88 of another Ju-88 ahead. View from overflying German aircraft of silent Soviet Coastal guns atop Fort Maxim Gorky. (Note: Some scenes may be from unrelated times and places. For example, Hans-Joachim Marseille, was know primarily for his flying exploits in Africa.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675038758
Protective measures taken by Americans in Hawaii, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack. People in Oahu, Hawaii, prepare to deal with more air attacks by Japanese. Armed U.S. soldier in sandbagged position, in Hawaii. The territorial governor of Hawaii, Joseph Poindexter, signing a declaration of Martial Law. Four thousand members of Oahu's Civil Defense Committee, dressed in dark bottoms and white tops, wearing steel helmets with "W" on them, standing at attention in formation on grounds of a stadium. Windows in all downtown shops taped to prevent flying glass. Sand bags surrounding a power substation. Huge quantities of barbed wire in a storage yard and strung along the beaches, along highways, around schools, and public buildings of Oahu. A man pushing a lawn mower between sandbagged defense positions in a residential neighborhood. Construction machinery digging defensive trenches. Bomb shelters being constructed of precast concrete. Air raid sirens installed and school children leaving their building and sheltering in deep trenches during a test. Very small children taking shelter in zig-zag trenches and donning gas masks. Huge assemblies of children, and of grownups, all donning gas masks. Little children being dressed in capsule-like "bunny mask" protective gear.One of them crying inside the covering. Crowds of women and children lined up on a veranda waiting to receive these "bunny masks." Military personnel, civilians, and school children, all carrying personal gas masks with them at all times. Innumerable old rubber tires saved in an open yard. Japanese-Americans donating blood to the American Red Cross and lined up to buy war bonds. Soldiers arresting a Japanese resident known to be an enemy agent. Boarded up shops of Japanese-Americans, who had been interned. Japanese-Americans removing all Japanese language signs from their areas. Language school buildings with closed signs. An empty and boarded-up Shinto temple. One Japanese-American replacing his cafe sign with one reading: "Keep 'Em Flying Cafe." U.S. Army troops posted on roadways. The Aloha Tower in camouflage paint. A Lurline steamship leaving port, and being replaced by warships. Prewar view of people enjoying Waikakee beach, and current view of two boys playing in sand near barbed wire barriers. City streets deserted at twilight, as blackout procedures take effect at dusk. Views of darkened homes and palm trees silhouetted against sky at dusk. The "ghost" of a sailor killed in World War II, stands in front of Arlington cemetery, Washington, DC, and converses with the ghost of a soldier killed in World War I. They discuss idealistic notions about ending wars for good. Displays of flags is seen, including: Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Costa Rica; Cuba; Czechoslovakia; Dominican Republic; England; Ethopia; Greece; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; India; Yugoslavia; Luxembourg; Mexico; The Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Panama; The Philippines; Poland; Russia; El Salvador; South Africa; and the U.S.A. "V" created in the sky by a skywriting airplane.

Date: 1942
Duration: 11 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049608
Supplies delivered through sea routes and air routes to fight British Eighth Army against Germans in El Alamein, Egypt.

Ships underway at sea bring supplies for British Eighth Army fighting against German forces in El Alamein in Egypt (World War 2). Map shows long sea and air routes to deliver supplies in Africa from U.S. and UK. African workers cut trees making it easier to handle supplies. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft in flight. Formation of aircraft over jungle. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel looks through binocular. Burning German tanks near El Alamein. Soldiers of British Eighth Army scan enemy positions.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052593