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British and American forces exchange fire with the Germans near Tebourba in Tunisia,North Africa.

British artillery exchange fire with enemy German forces at the road connecting Medjez-El-Bab and Tebourba in Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers take cover behind trees and bushes while tanks advance forward. A British ammunition truck is hit and catches fire. German Mark IV tanks mounted with 88mm anti-tank guns can be seen exchanging fires with the Allied Forces. Allied artillery hits the Mark IVs and enemy's 88mm gun positions. Captured German soldiers taken away as prisoners of war (POW). U.S. Army medic soldiers tend to the wounded. (November 1942-December 1942).

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029006
Preparations by Allies for Allied offensive in North Africa during World War II. Allied leaders confer in planning.

Allied offensive in North Africa during World War II. Railroad train passes on a bridge in the United States filled with tanks and equipment bound for eastern ports. British rail carry heavy equipment and British Tanks to ports. Large number of transport trucks line up at a dock area. An Allied troop transport ship arrives at the dock. Allied troops boarding troop carrier ships in United States and England. British tanks loaded to ships. Troops disembark a train and troops embark a ship. Troops wave as the ship leaves the dock. Allied transport ships, battleships, cruisers and destroyers underway in Atlantic toward Gibraltar rendevous in 1942. Montage shows U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in conversation in late December 1941, Views of General George Marshall, General Dwight D Eisenhower in the United States following their appointments to lead the effort from the American side. General Mark Clarke in England shaking hands with Eisenhower. Neville Chamberlain also seen. A convoy of Allied ships. Allied troops aboard ships headed to Gibraltar. Two United States soldiers sew American flag patches on uniforms. Troops play games on ship deck. Battle inspection of troops and arms on the deck by their officers.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030217
The American soldiers debark from the ships as they arrive in North Africa during World War II.

Activities of the American soldiers in North Africa in November 1942 during World War II. U.S. ship convoy underway at sea. Soldiers debark in North Africa. Mountains in the background. Landing craft underway. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. Paratroopers jump out of the airplanes and descend on the land with the help of parachutes. Citizens cheer the Allies in Casablanca and Algiers.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063230
Captured German and Italian soldiers in Tunisia, North Africa, in World War 2

German prisoners of war (POW) taken away at gun-point by the Allied soldiers. Scenes of captured Italian parachute troops (members of Afrika Korps) and German POWs. Dead German soldiers along a roadside are examined by Allied British and American Army forces. (November 1942-December 1942).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029007
Allied and Axis positions for the second battle of El Alamein in Egypt.

Beginning of the second battle of El Alamein in Egypt between British Eighth Army and German Forces in October, 1942, during World War 2. Map of Africa shows German forces advancing from coast. Positions of German and Italian forces. Allied positions include Australian, Indian, South African and Highland Divisions joined in as reinforcement for British Eighth Army. German officers attend a conference in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler greet German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Berlin after Rommel became Commander of German Forces deployed in North Africa. Rommel, beside Goebbels, speaking to German political and military leaders in Berlin. View from a July 15, 1942 ceremony in which Hitler congratulates Rommel on his promotion to Field Marshal (a promotion which was effective June 21, 1942.)

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052596
Early life of General George S Patton, and Patton in Africa during World War II.

'The Big Picture' episode narrated by Ronald Reagan depicts the life of U.S. General George S Patton, Jr. Opening scene shows General George S. Patton, Jr. stepping from a landing craft in France, during World War 2. He stands by the side of a road and waves, as elements of his 3rd Army pass in tanks. Patton in a jeep moving with his troops. General Patton pointing with a baton, in North Africa. View of a world globe being circled by a satellite. A baby picture of Patton (called "Georgie"). Patton seen as a boy, fencing, as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, and as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. A smiling Patton at West Point. Members of the first football team for soldiers established by Patton. Renault tanks of the 1st Tank Battalion moving with AEF soldiers in World War I. Tank commander George Patton standing in front of a Renault tank. Group picture of American soldiers and tanks, at the Tank School, in Fort Meade, Maryland, after World War I. Closeup of Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton, in the group. Patton and his wife, Beatrice Banning Ayer, in Old West costumes, for a party, where he displays a pistol in his belt, and in costumes for another party, where they dress as a knight and his lady on horseback. American recruits and draftees being issued uniforms in World War 2. Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. commanding forces for the invasion of North Africa, in November, 1942. U.S. Navy warships fire their guns in advance of an amphibious landing. Landing craft heading toward shore. U.S. troops coming ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco. General Patton accompanied by French officers. Glimpse of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at their conference in Casablanca in 1943. Patton riding in an armored car with three-star flag displayed. Artillery firing in battle of Tunisia. Lt. Gen. Patton and others observing operations. British General, Sir Harold Alexander, steps from a light airplane to meet with General Patton in North Africa. They converse. General Patton in March 1943 with binoculars observing battle, with Major General Terry Allen on his right, and Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to the right of Allen. They are viewing from a ridge by the village of El Guettar, as allies engage German troops and armor from the 10th Panzer Division. M3 Lee tanks moving in the desert. Knocked out tanks of the German 10th Panzer Division, including German Panzer IV tanks, in the aftermath of the Battle of El Guettar. General Patton coming aboard an American warship, and then standing with an Italian officer and a U.S. Major General. Allied naval bombardment at night. Patton observing though binoculars. Allied warships bombarding Sicily. Allied amphibious forces heading ashore in landing craft. Troops moving ashore. Closeup of troops in a landing craft. Glimpse of Patton in a landing craft. Troops walking across floating dock from a landing ship. U.S. flag flying in sand at beachhead. Landing ships in background. General Patton stepping ashore from small boat, and conversing onshore with a Brigadier General and some troops.

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033594