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General De Gaulle greeted by Colonel Leclerc on his arrival at Fort Lamy in French Equatorial Africa, in World War II.

French General Charles De Gaulle descends from a De Havilland D.H.86 airplane at Fort Lamy in French Equatorial Africa. He is greeted by Colonel Leclerc and town dignitaries. Accompanying the General are General Spears, Lieutenant Colonel Gosset and Captain Decourcel, Aide-de-camp to Charles De Gaulle. General Gaulle meets town personalities on arrival. He inspects troops. General Gaulle and General Spears walk. Troops march. Generals salute marching troops. Natives line up street and troops march away. Colonel Leclerc takes salute. Native troops march away. General Charles De Gaulle and Spears arrives at the House of Colonel Leclerc. Guards of honor lined up.

Date: 1941, March
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052426
General Larminat and Lieutenant Laurelle arrive at Fort Lamy in French Equatorial Africa, in World War II.

Arrival of General Larminat and Aide-de-camp Lieutenant Laurelle (real name is Raymond Leroy) on Martin bomber, bearing Free French Cross of Lorraine insignia, at Fort Lamy in French Equatorial Africa, during World War 2. They are received by the Governor of the Chad, Lapie, and Mayor of Fort Lamy. Officials talk. Planes parked at airfield.

Date: 1941, March
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052427
German and Italian trucks, tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War 2

German trucks, German Panzer Pz.III tanks, motorcycles and armored cars advance into Libyan territory, North Africa during World War II. Scenes near Bengazi Libya. German pilots and Italian pilots in conversation near Axis aircraft on an airfield. Italian soldiers carrying rifles ride on motorcycles. Natives on camels watch them. Convoy of Axis military vehicles and many trucks on roads. A post of Soldiers of Army of Italy in desert. Italian air force pilots in collaboration with German forces discuss prior to take off for a mission. Italian biplane aircraft taking off. Barb wired border lines in desert guarded by Italian soldier. Italian troops on the move on motorcyles. Nazi planes bomb British positions in desert. Gun camera footage of German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Me 110) aircraft attacking and firing on British targets on the ground in the desert.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675036553
British Signal Corpsmen lay out detonation wires for mines at a desert in North Africa.

British Signal Corpsmen climbs on a telephone pole and repairs communication lines. British Signal Corpsmen travel through desert on truck and lay out detonation wires for mines. Mines are detonated by a detonator.

Date: 1941
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050207
British soldiers advance through German shellfire, in North Africa, during World War II.

British artillerymen load and fire 5.5 inch field gun, under camouflage netting in the North African desert, during World War 2. One soldier talks on radio. A squad of soldiers leaves their trench and moves forward.They march single-file across the sand, and pause to fix bayonets on their weapons, before charging across the terrain. They dive down into prone positions, near a dead German soldier. Shells from German artillery fire explode close in front of them.One shell almost strikes them. They continue to advance with shells bursting all around them.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050208
Wounded arrive by air from recent operations in Fort Lamy, French Equatorial Africa.

Ambulance at airfield. Plane taxis in the background. Wounded carried out from plane on stretcher. French army officials around plane. Major Dio carried out from plane. Wounded on stretcher loaded into ambulance.

Date: 1941, March
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052429