Representatives of various groups meet with U.S. Consul at the American Consulate Building in Casablanca, Morocco, in World 'War 2. 1942 model cars parked in front of the consulate building. A brass plate on building reads 'American Consulate General.' Attendees stand around a conference table as U.S. Consul, Russell Mott Brooks, enters the conference room accompanied by several members of his staff.. He motions to visitors to sit, as he sits at the conference table, flanked by intelligence officer, Jerome s. Nusbaum and another staff member. The visiting leaders are seated across from him. Several persons occupy chairs away from the table. Brooks begins by making a few remarks. He then listens to what the various leaders have to say. One speaks briefly. Then a lawyer, wearing French legal robes with a white jabot round his neck hanging down the front of his robes, makes what appears to be an earnest appeal of some kind. Among others participating is a man in a robe, wearing a fez. A woman secretary makes notes during the discussions.
Operation Torch in World War 2. Allied invasion convoy off Casablanca, Morocco. American troops on ship's deck, cleaning and checking their rifles. Closeup of a wire from the Invasion Task Force Commanders, listing signals that will tell of the French forces' decisions. Closeup of U.S. troops boarding Higgins Boat from a transport ship. Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt on the USS Augusta (CA-31). U.S. President Roosevelt, Free French Commander, Charles de Gaulle, and French General Giraud, all issue calls for French forces not to resist Allied invasion. View of triple turret 8-inch guns on the USS Augusta. Sailors in their bunks. Suddenly guns from the shore begin firing on the invasion convoy. Shells explode in water near convoy ships, as sailors man battle stations and begin returning fire on Casablanca. French defenders signaled friendly attitude by directing searchlights vertically. British spitfire aircraft launch toward Algiers, from Gibraltar. British troops in an amphibious landing at Algiers on November 8, 1942. View of French Admiral Jean Darlan. Allied troops enter Algiers. American airborne troops parachute from C-47 transport aircraft over Oran, Algeria. Next section covers Battle of Casablanca: Allied warships fire at Vichy French ships and aircraft and more troops head to shore in landing craft. Sailors firing anti-aircraft guns from landing craft, at enemy aircraft overhead. A U.S. carrier-based SBD Douglas Dauntless aircraft as it descends in the sky. French sailors load 380mm guns on battleship Jean Bart and fire her guns. Glimpse of French Shore defense guns firing with shells exploding in waters offshore. Gunners aboard U.S. warship loading a heavy gun. Angered over British attack on the French Fleet in 1940, Admiral Daran refused to negotiate with the British. Inserted footage of French battleship Dunkerque exploding during British attack on French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, July3, 1940. A tank driving ashore from a landing craft. Closeup of a French soldier (from the rear) firing his rifle at invading Allied troops. Allied medical corpsmen on the sandy shore, running with a litter. A jeep pulling a towed artillery field piece ashore from the surf. Medical corpsmen carrying a wounded on a stretcher. Allied troops fighting defenders in Casablanca. Animated map shows German invasion of Vichy France. View of Philippe Pétain, Head of Vichy France. View of Admiral Darlan saying goodbye to U.S. Lieutenant General Mark Clark after secret meeting of the two. Officers of German Armistice committees departing a North African city. Cheering crowds are happy to see them depart in a truck. French crowds cheering American troops. British Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson arriving at Algiers. French General Henri Giraud salutes. General Dwight D. Eisenhower salutes. Parading color guard with flags of France, Britain, and the U.S. Animated map shows German forces pouring into Tunisia. View of German troops on deck of a ship and at ship's anti-aircraft positions. General Eisenhower conferring with British and French allies. Camels used on rough terrain. American writes "Tunis Toonerville." in chalk. Allied troops sitting on floor of freight rail car with door open as old steam engine moves the train. Animated map shows German and Allied supply lines. A U.S. Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber landing on an airstrip. Numerous German warplanes parked in Tunisia. U.S. M2 tanks and other military vehicles moving along narrow mountainous roads. Locomotive transporting mules in stock cars. C-47 transport airplanes drop British and American airborne troops. Commandos disembark from ships at Bone, Algeria. Allied aircraft parked on a captured enemy airfield, under attack by German Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111 bombers. A Parked American B-25. Allied soldiers firing small arms and anti-aircraft guns at German planes.
Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. United States Army Lieutenant General Mark Clark walking toward flag ceremony area, with Vichy-French aligned Admiral Darlan following close behind. Timeframe is mid November during ceremonies surrounding the signing of the Darlan Agreement, also called the Clark-Darlan Accords. Other high ranking Allied officers are seen at the event, including British Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, and other American, British, French Army and Navy officers attend the ceremony. Soldiers give a gun salute. Allied officers salute during the ceremony. Officers seen exiting the ceremony area, walking as they talk to each other. Scene changes to new location and shows dark scenes of vegetation and then very dark scenes of Generals entering an unidentified building. The first appears to be Lt. General Mark Clark followed immediately by Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower. Both salute. British officers enter the building after them. Final scene in good light shows Lt. General Mark Clark exiting building followed by Lt. General Eisenhower, and then Admiral Cunningham. Clark and Eisenhower salute as they exit and walk by nearby parked cars.
Allied officers at a retreat ceremony in Casablanca, Morocco. United States Army General Mark Clark, American, British, French Army and Navy officers attend the ceremony. Allied troops march on the road. Soldiers with the French flag. Soldiers with rifles. United States General Mark Clark salutes the troops as they march by. Soldiers with the folded American flag. Allied officers salute during the ceremony. The American and British flags. (World War II period).
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).
Aerial views of Casablanca, Morocco, in World War 2. Many ships of all kinds, including Allied warships, transport vessels, and the like are seen in the harbor. The area is relatively unscathed by war. A brief view of a hotel and beach.