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.
German newsreel in World War 2 shows Spanish sailors in boats possibly in North Africa. A sailor talks over telephone. Sailors fire from gun mounted on the boat. Long muzzle of a gun seen. Spanish Soldiers jump from the boats and pull the boat to the beach. Soldiers march on rocky hills. Marching troop of soldiers led by the Spanish officer. Spanish officer salutes the troops.
Truck convoy of British troops moving across desert in North Africa, during World War 2. Light observation planes fly low overhead. British troops load a disabled tank aboard a flat bed truck while shellsl burst all around them during the operation. Brief view of British paratroopers seated inside a transport aircraft. British troops refueling and rearming a tank. A large number of German and Italian prisoners of war are assembled under British guard, in the desert.
British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. British trucks move across desert terrain. British Eighth Army soldiers in the area. Soldiers atop a truck. Thick black smoke rises in the background.
British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Two camouflaged field guns fire. Smoke rises as a result. A soldier walks towards the field guns. Other camouflaged installations in the background.
British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Trucks and other vehicles move across the desert terrain. Some vehicles being parked in the foreground. A Red Cross truck and a command car move past. British Eighth Army soldiers near parked vehicles. A barbed wire fence in the background.