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French crew demonstrates operation of ship's twin guns in Tunisia after Allied occupation in World War II
French gun crews in steel battle helmets scramble aboard their warship docked in the Port of Tunis, Tunisia, after the fall of Tunisia to the Allies, during World War II. Scene shifts to twin guns being raised and lowered in tandem from turrets on the ship's deck. Crew members obtaining shells from ship's armory and loading them into the twin guns. The left gun fires. Crew bring more shells to the gun turrets.
Sailors work to extinguish fire on Allied ships at the Tunis Port following aerial attack in North Africa Campaign.
Allied ships on fire in Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. View on shore as a U.S. Navy sailor and a camera man operating a moving image camera view the fire blazing in the harbor on a sunny day. Black and white smoke clouds arise from the ships. Flames leap upward on the ships. Sunken ships in the water. U.S. Navy sailors use water hoses to extinguish the fires at the bow of a ship. Charred gun on the bow of the ship. Sailors survey remains of burned ships and damage at harbor. Men extinguish the fire with water hoses. (This is possibly footage of the surprise day time raid by German Luftwaffe aircraft attacking Allied ships at Tunis harbor on May 19, 1943, six days after the Axis surrender in North Africa.)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham at Tunis Port during the North Africa Campaign
On shore at Tunis harbor, a British Navy officer gives a sword salute to a senior Naval officer in World War II. U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy sailors lined up on either side of dock for a salute. General Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanied by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and other British and American Navy officers walk past the sailors in review. Cunningham has a walking cane hooked over his left forearm but does not use it. The Union Jack and the British Royal Navy flag are visible. Ship at dock in the background. Eisenhower and Cunningham and the other officers pause and greet in front of a waiting Royal Navy car, RN ME 4096, parked on shore. Eisenhower, Cunningham, and another British officer enter the waiting car and it leaves, passing by a Allied landing ship with number 5 seen on its bow, anchored at the port. Closeup view of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly and another U.S. Navy officer watching after the car drives away. Honor guard sailors march with rifles, departing the dock after the officers leave. (Eisehhower visited Tunis for meetings with British and U.S. Navy officers May 11-13, 1943. This footage is likely during those 3 days.)
Remains of wrecked German 6 motored transport at El Aouina airfield in Tunis.
Completely wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant at the El Aouina airfield in Tunis. Heavy tubular skeletal framework of the main body and dense framework of the wings is seen. All covering is gone, except for a few tattered remnants on the body and wings. The empennage appears to be partially intact.
Remains of a German Messerchmitt 323 D-1 transport aircraft at El Aouina airfield in Tunis.
Wrecked German 6-engined Messerchmitt 323 D-1 (possibly RD+QG) at El Aouina airfield in Tunis. Two engines and props remaining on one wing and one remaining on the other. Wrecked fuselage of the airplane. Portion of landing gear laying on the ground. Damaged wheels of the airplane. A U..S. airmen sits in the wreckage framework and appears to be cutting something from it.
The British Navy captures fleeing German troops and General Eisenhower and General Giraud review a military parade in Tunis.
British Forces entrap Axis Forces in Africa. British warships patrol. German troops attempt to escape in small boats. The British Navy captures the fleeing Germans. A small boat near a shore. A dead soldier lay nearby. British General Eisenhower and French General Giraud review a gigantic French American military parade in Tunis. Allied planes fly overhead. American and French flags. Two girls wave to the marching armies. General Eisenhower and General Giraud salute to the armies. (World War II period).