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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.)
Allied Navy officers meet aboard a British ship at the Tunis Port during the North Africa Campaign.
The British Royal Navy flag flies aboard a combat ship at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. British Navy sailors load and fire heavy guns. They are wearing Mk I helmets and white antiflash hoods and antiflash gloves. In next shot, a U.S. Naval officer watches a submarine enter the port. Port buildings in the background. Submarine approaches ship. Sailors stand on the submarine roof with British Royal Navy flag. A U.S. Navy officer climbs aboard the ship and is greeted by the waiting officer. In the distance, sailors row a small tender boat across the port. A gun on the ship deck. Two blimps in the sky over the port. (World War II period).
Fire on a ship at sea off Tunis Port during the North Africa Campaign.
Night time view of fire on a ship at sea off the Tunis Port. Flames and smoke emerge from the ship. Reflection of the flames in the water. (World War II period).
Combat ships and patrol boats at the Tunis Port during the North Africa Invasion.
Stationary U.S. Navy ships and vessels at the Tunis Port in World War 2. U.S. Navy combat boat with a gun, ammunition belt and the American flag passes a combat ship. U.S. Navy craft approaches another boat while on patrol. U.S. Navy sailor uses flag semaphore to signal another boat. Another personnel looks through binoculars as he talks to the pilot. Several U.S. Navy patrol crafts with the American flag. Several British sailors stand on the deck of a combat ship with flags in the background. Two men on a combat boat stand behind a gun, one with headphones on. A combat boat approaches another boat. Several Allied warships and patrol boats at sea.
United States Navy sailors fill up water in barrels at the Tunis Port in North Africa.
Various U.S. Navy ships and vessels at the Tunis Port in North Africa. U.S. Navy sailors on pier on shore transfer water from one barrel to the other. Sailors stand beside ships and equipment as they shift barrels. Man uses a hose to fill water into a can. A fire extinguisher lying next to the can. (World War II period).