A smiling boy riding a carousel horse in Italy. Italian children smiling as they watch a carousel in town square. Children laughing and pointing at the carousel. Close up of carousel horse’s face. A horse cart passes by a Pizzicheria or grocer. A group of women talking in front of a grocer and bakery (Paneficio). A baker weighs cheese for a woman customer at a Paneficio. Canned goods for sale on display at the bakery. A shoemaker cobbler repairs shoes with his sons as customer picks repair. Itinerant vendor selling wares to townspeople.
Factory workers leaving a factory after work in Italy. Smoke rises from factory smokestacks. A smiling boy riding a carousel horse.
U.S. Army troops approach stationary C-47 'Skytrain' transport planes on ground in Algeria during World War II. Sign on side of one plane identifies its name as "Big Jig." Taxi and takeoff of C-47 as seen in point of view shot through open side door of C-47 aircraft. C-47 in flight. P-38 Lightning fighter plane in flight escorting the paratroopers. Interior of a C-47. C-47 in flight over water. Point of view shots through cockpit window of C-47 aircraft in formations over water. C-47over mountain area. P-38 in flight. U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-47 near Tunis toward target enemy airport in Tunisia held by Germans. Parachutes descend and land on ground as seen from C-47 aircraft in flight. C-47 parked on airfield.
U.S.Paratroopers attack after a 1500 mile trip from the UK. The load aboard 44 C-47 troop transport aircraft in Algeria and take off. They are escorted by U.S. P-38 Lightning fighters. The C-47s swoop low over the target airfield and paratroopers jump. They secure the airport. The C-47s are seen parked back at their airfield in Algeria, having returned with no losses.
Allied ships in a North African harbor. A battle cruiser makes its way across the water. A hill in the background. View of buildings on the coast. Numerous ships anchored off coast. A battle cruiser moves along. (World War II period).
American soldiers hold back crowds on a street in Oran, Algeria. French naval officers on the balcony of the Hotel D' Angleterre look down upon the crowds. Civilians, cars and bus on the street. French Naval officers and soldiers stand with their luggage on the street. Entrance to the Hotel. French Algerian troops lined on the street side. U.S. Army Generasl Mark Clark and Dwight D Eisenhower leave a building in Casablanca, Morocco. French General Henri Giraud among other Allied officers. (World War II period).