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Troops disembark amphibious crafts at beachhead in North Africa.
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. Boat crew member of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in the foreground and other amphibious crafts in the background approach toward beachhead. Smoke rises on distant hills due to shell hits. Light tank loads off LCT (Landing Craft Tank) onto beach. Troops disembark from a LCVP. LCVP and LCT on beach head. Troops disembark and advance down the beach. (World War II period).
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt being decorated by Major General Doolittle in North Africa, during World War II.
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt standing in front of a hangar on a wet airfield ramp, with B-17s parked in distance, during World War 2. Formation of airmen behind Colonel Roosevelt, standing in front of a B-17 bomber. General Doolittle walking up to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and pinning Dinguished Flying Cross medal on him and then shaking hands. General Doolittle and Elliot Roosevelt saluting. Doolittle walks away. Distinguished Flying Cross seen on Colonel Roosevelt's blouse. He wears Navigator wings. (He was not a pilot.)
Generals Giraud and Eisenhower standing at attention during honor of French and U.S. dead in North Africa.
Casablanca Cathedral, also known as the Sacred Heart Cathedral (Angle rue d'Alger et boulevard Rachdi, quartier Gautier, Casablanca 20250, Morocco) in Casablanca, Morocco. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower passing between lines of Senegalese troops and continuing into church. Two French colonial cavalrymen. Generals Giraud and Eisenhower standing at attention. Line of mourning relatives. General Eisenhower placing wreath on French American memorial and then Giraud and Eisenhower salute. American flag being lowered to half. Crowd looking on. Wreath covered memorial. Marines filling past graves. White crosses marking fallen French and American soldier's graves. (World War II period).
Allied ships anchored off French North Africa, are attacked by German bombers during World War II
North African campaign in World War 2. Film begins with antiaircraft fire from an Allied ship, at dusk, directed at German bombers (unseen). Next, flames are seen and smoke rising from an Allied ship that has been struck by a bomb. A Destroyer Escort nearby and a small vessel in background, both send morse code messages by signal lamps. The camera boat moves around to port, astern,the striken ship, where the fire is concentrated, and moves closer as smoke obscures the stricken ship entirely. In next sequence, smoke is seen rising from two smaller ships that have also been hit.
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
Fierce battle for Stalingrad and for Russian oil fields near Baku during World War II.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II years of 1942-1943. A poster shows Hitler cuff held by the Allies. United States ships at docks for aid and supply to Russian people. Fight for the control of oil field of Russia near Baku. Buildings and house of Stalingrad. German Army offensive on Stalingrad in order to take control of the oil fields. Civilians take arms to fight the invading German Army. German artillery and bombers raid Stalingrad. Fierce battle on the streets. Snipers fire from inside a house, artillery fire from a house. Bombing and infantry fight in every house of the city. Ruined city buildings and houses by war. German bombers on raid, shot by anti aircraft guns. Battle for Stalingrad continues on streets during Russian winter. Map shows British and United States forces land in North Africa. Soviet Army pushes back German Army in various cities and occupies them. Fresh cavalier troops arrive in Siberia. Russians Army commanders Marshal Nikolai Voronoff and others at a meeting. Operation Uranus: Soldiers of Soviet Army encircling meet from two ends as they prepare to attack German forces in Stalingrad and drive them out..