Crew members of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses in Algiers, Algeria during 'Shuttle Mission' of World War II. U.S. air and ground crew have K-rations in a field. B-17s parked on the field. Crew members under the wing of a B-17. Crew members sit with Arab children. An EM (Enlisted Man) shaves. EMs have breakfast and eat watermelon. An EM in cowboy boots. An EM rides a donkey accompanied by two Arab boys. EMs ride camels.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses in Algiers, Algeria during 'Shuttle Mission' of World War II. U.S. EMs (Enlisted Men) check ammunition. An EM inspects weapon and wipes gun parts. EMs checking wheels of a B-17F aircraft. A pilot with earphones in the cockpit. The airplane warms up. A formation of B-17Fs returning to England.
German prisoners of war gathered near the U.S. Navy Attack Transport ship, USS Thomas Stone, AT-59, at the port of Algiers in World War 2. (The US Thomas Stone was repurposed, after damage, as a floating barracks or processing vessel, especially for handling German and Italian POWs captured.) The German POWs climb a ramp to board the ship. View of them on the ship's deck. U.S. officer and sailor watch as the prisoners board. View of the wharf where lines of German prisoners are boarding. An African American U.S. Navy cook, in chef's white outfit, gives a small card to one of the boarding prisoners. Various views of German prisoners boarding. Scene shifts to view from a small moving boat as it moves out in the harbor.
A truck is unloaded from a ship in Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Men remove hoisting chains from around the tires of the truck. Trucks move past on a road in front of a building with company name: "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" on its front and a sign : ' Telegraphs, Telephones' on the side of the building. Trucks parked in front of the building. Trucks and equipment are unloaded from the ship. Men stand near the equipment.
A plane lands at Bontarick Aerodrome in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. Allied soldiers gather to welcome the arrival of French General Charles de Gaulle. General Henri Giraud welcomes General Gaulle as photographers take pictures. They inspect an honor guard. General Gaulle meets French officers. A staff car drives away.
Opening scene shows Brigadier General Terence John Tully, U.S. Signal Officer, escorting King George VI of England as they leave a building, during the King's visit to Allied officers in Algiers, North Africa, during World War 2. Next, King George VI is seen in a garden, conversing with an American officer while a British officer stands a rigid attention nearby. He is then seen with General Tully in the midst of a group of British officers. Closeup of the King. Allied officers stand in a line as the King greets them individually. Closeup views of of the King, from behind the line of officers and then from behind the King, as the photographer circles the gathering. Closeup of King George VI and General Tully as they return to the building, first seen in the film. Camera focuses on King George VI as he says farewell to his hosts. He salutes and enters the building.