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Montage of World War 2 scenes from all theaters of Allied operations and scenes of the U.S.A.
Peaceful scenes of pre-war England, showing a church with sheep grazing on its lawn, and a college building with ivy growing on the walls. In contrast, explosion and results of German bombing is shown, with buildings collapsing and ruined from the German blitz over England. A long line of Chinese soldiers marching along the Great Wall of china. Shadows of three Japanese bombers flying over Chinese landscape. On May 4, 1942, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek decorates American fliers who made the first attack on Tokyo in World War 2. Wearing a Chinese decoration around his neck, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, who led that raid by U.S. B-25 bombers from the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet, poses with Madame Chiang and others of his group. Scenes of Moscow, Soviet Russia, including a T-70 light tank moving rapidly along a city street. A Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber taking off in a snow storm. U.S. troops on a halftrack in North Africa. British artillerymen firing a 25 pounder in the desert. Glimpses of smoke rising from enemy strikes at cities in England, Russia, and China. Scenes of destruction from bombing. Brief street scenes of unharmed and intact towns and cities in the United States, including brief New York City scene of pedestrians and traffic in Times Square. Defense workers in America going to work at Ranger Aircraft Engines factory (later part of Fairchild Aircraft and Engine Corporation), and a star flag showing war service by worker families. Farmers in Western U.S. harvesting grain. Railroad trains and river barges carrying harvest from U.S. farms. Herds of cattle and sheep being raised for the war effort in Western U.S. Aerial view of orchards and farms in America. A mining bucket filled with iron ore. Barge carrying the ore. A steel mill in operation. Scrap iron being recycled. View from production floor of U.S. bomber aircraft being built in a defense plant. Countless freight cars in a railroad marshaling yard at a port, where a tug boat and a freighter are seen in the water. War materiel piled up at the port. A convoy of supply ships underway.
Algeria, November 1942: Vichy French Generals preparing to depart Oran; Operation Torch Generals exit meeting in Algiers
American soldiers hold back crowds on a street in Oran, Algeria. Vichy French officers seen inside room and balcony above street, looking out at American soldiers and crowd (this is near timeframe that the Darlan Agreement was signed). View up and down street with civilians, cars, and bus on the street. American soldier standing in front of of the Hotel D' Angleterre. Next scene shows Vichy French military officers standing in a group with their luggage on the street, with American guards nearby, preparing to be removed from the city. Downhill is Hotel Geneve. U.S. Army guards prevent French civilians from heading up hill toward French officers. Next scene shows French African troops lined on the sides of the street at attention. French military band members stand just beyond them. Scene changes abruptly to new location under sunny skies, with French General Henri Giraud walking with a cane in his right hand, and another French officer beside him. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Clark emerges from building, followed by Lieutenant General Dwight D Eisenhower, and then British Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. (This final scene is likely in Algiers where the Generals met in the range November 13-14, 1942 after Algiers fell quickly, following the start of the Operation Torch landings. See also the final scene of clip 65675020515 which shows this same scene with these same officers exiting this building, but from a different camera angle.)
Major General Doolittle at ceremony presenting P-40 Warhawks from the U.S. to the Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco in World War 2
Major General James Doolittle and Lt. General Carl Spaatz of the United States Twelfth Air Force, Colonel Willis, as well as French Major-General Bergeret and other American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk planes by the U.S. Army Air Forces to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. American troops parade before a hangar. Officers stand in front of P-40 planes lined up near the hangar. The band plays in the parade. French Moroccan horsemen. Officers salute the American and French flags. Opening cameraman slate indicates January 9, 1942, but this is an error as the event took place on January 9, 1943.
Operation Torch (Allied invasion of North Africa) during World War II. Convoys of Troops and supplies head to North Africa
U.S. Naval officers on bridge of the American Attack Transport Ship, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) en route to North Africa during Operation Torch (Allied invasion of North Africa) during World War 2. Officers make observations of sun with instruments to confirm ship position. A destroyer in the background. Views of convoy including destroyers, supply ships, and barrage balloons. U.S. Submarine Chaser, PC 557 comes close to port side of the Samuel Chase, and then pulls away at high speed. View of crowded deck of the USS Samuel Chase.
Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa) during World War II. Convoy of Allied ships en route to North Africa.
Allied convoy of troop and supply ships en route to North Africa during Operation Torch, in World War 2. A couple of destroyers are seen escorting the convoy. Barrage balloons are pulled along, tethered to ships. Views of large convoy underway. A barrage balloon loses gas and falls into the sea.
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel with German forces battling British forces in Africa during World War II.
Plans and preparations made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel along with his troops establishes new forward positions. The troops working to build a canal to transport water. A number of ships in harbor of Tobruk, Libya. German war supplies being loaded on rail cars. Camels crossing a railroad track. Rommel and Marshal Kesselring shown in discussion in North Africa. Animated map showing routes controlled by Axis forces. Scene shift to active battle footage with the British Eighth Army attacking German positions. Night battle with artillery fire. Aerial view of a formation of United States bomber aircraft in flight. They drop bombs over German positions on the ground in North Africa. Explosions on the ground with British tanks and soldiers advancing. A British soldier stands in front of signboards at a former German encampment captured by British forces. Low aerial view of convoy of German army trucks on a road, which narrator implies were captured by Allied forces. Destroyed German airplanes parked on an airfield. Captured German troops walking on a desert road, along with their General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.