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U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies embark a transport ship and unload supplies at a harbor in North Africa.

U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa during World War II . U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies walk on a dock. The troops embark a transport ship. Trucks, weapons and supplies are loaded on the transport ship. Ships underway at sea. A soldier looks through binoculars. American and British convoys rendezvous near Gibraltar. U.S. troops on a deck cheer. A convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers perform a drill on a deck. A gunner aboard a ship keeps a watch on the sea and the sky. A gun mounted on the deck. A destroyer underway alongside the transport ship to give orders. Officers look into the orders. Coast of Oran in the background. The troops in a barge which is lowered. They unload the barge at a harbor. Barges approach the harbor. U.S. trucks and tanks are unloaded at the harbor. A lieutenant speaks to natives. The natives help in unloading the supplies. Equipment is massed on beaches

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069139
Allied Invasion of North Africa during World War II

Allied warships move towards North Africa during World War 2. A U.S. Navy sailor on a destroyer monitors sonar indicating presence of a submarine. A sailor looks through a pair of binoculars and another U.S. Navy sailor nearby has a pair of headphones. Loudspeaker signals call to general quarters. Sailors rush up the stairs. Numerous depth charges are launched and explode in the water. Next, a wide oil slick on the surface indicates the submarine has been struck by the depth charges. An officer looks through a pair of binoculars. A man speaks into a radio. Soldiers amuse themselves on a troop ship. One plays the piano and others playing play cards, read novel while eating an apple. Flags of Major General Patton and Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) off the coast of North Africa. Semaphore flags and signal lights communicate between ships. Soldier with 'map of West Africa' in his back pocket. Two soldiers read a language guide. An animated map detailing Plan Acrobat to invade North Africa. Map includes Casablanca, Algiers, Tripoli, and Libya. Soldiers exercise, peel potatoes and relax on a troop ship. Clothes hung on a line. British soldiers write letters home. A soldier pastes news on a bulletin board. The bulletin announces that the 'German Afrika Corps' are in full retreat. Night time aerial views of bombing of cities in Italy. Narrator states the bombing included Naples, Genoa, and Turin. Explosions and smoke on the ground below from the bombing. Aerial view of daylight bombing at lower altitude of a Renault tank factory. Submarine on surface at twilight. Eighth Army plane. General Eisenhower, General Mark Clark and French General Giraud. Night scene. Soldiers on the deck. German WWII headquarters at night with guards in Rome and at the The Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Hitler at Berghof . German switchboard, terminal, and radio communications. Messages passed between Allied ships via signal light and ship-to-ship cargo transfer. ( Note The Operation Acrobat discussed in this film is misleading. That plan was scrapped, and the Allied North African campaign was conducted as part of Operation Torch.)

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033506
Arrival of Japanese submarines at an Axis Naval base in the Atlantic.

Arrival of Japanese submarines at an Axis Naval base in the Atlantic. Admiral Donetz, in behalf of the German Navy, greets Japanese officers. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 8
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034743
Italian submarine Barbarigo in the Atlantic.

Scenes on board of submarine Barbarigo in the Atlantic. Crew members working inside the submarine. Crew members see through periscope. An enemy transport is torpedoed and another one is sunk by cannon fire. The crew takes to life boats. Crew members on the deck of the submarine see through binoculars. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 8
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034744
The return of the Barbarigo submarine of Italy to an Italian Atlantic Naval base.

The return of the Barbarigo submarine to an Italian Atlantic Naval base. Barbarigo inscribed on a submarine. Measurements of Maryland and Mississippi submarines and dates written on hull of submarine. A band playing on ship. Formation in air by planes. The barbarigo submarine comes. German and Italian sailors greet officers and crew of Barbarigo. Italian ambassadors, Alfieri and Buti, together with Admiral Donetz are the first to congratulate.

Date: 1942, November 12
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034749
Gun crew fire guns mounted on Queen Elizabeth ship.

Ship's C.O. with a U.S. Navy Captain, come out on the deck. A British Merchant Marine Captain talks with the U.S. Navy Captain (Navy Captain has a sub. insignia over his breast pocket). U.S. Navy officer smokes a pipe on the deck. Two junior U.S. Navy officers on the deck. U.S. Navy Commander on weather deck. Two British crewmen with a U.S. Navy officer, look out over the sea. Rocket-type launcher in a tub, above weather deck. Sign reads 'Stand Well Clear, When Klaxon Sounds'. Rocket launchers on ship. One of the gun mounts fire in the background. Crew on weather deck, near fantail area. Wake of the ship in the background. Crew fires 4'' gun on stern of the ship. Gun crew on gun, breech opened. Crew works around rear of the gun. Gun fires. Small group of weather deck. U.S.A. officer, U.S.N. officer and a ship's officer talk. Weather deck of the ship and crew walk by in foreground. Personnel look at a plane in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039790