Strategic bombing attack 'Shuttle Mission' by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943 over Germany during World War II. A formation of B-17Fs over Germany. Vapor trails left by the airplanes. Aerial view of a German city. Smoking targets. B-17Fs over the Alps. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged tail flies over Regensburg, Germany. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged nose. Aerial view of African coastline. Mountainous terrain of Algiers, Algeria. Aerial view of barracks in Algiers. B-17Fs land on a field.
General Charles De Gaulle with other officers visits the Free French heavy Destroyer, Le Triomphant, in Algiers. The names "A Scheer" and "Deutchland" are painted on torpedoes fastened to the ship. Sailor blows bugle as General de Gaulle emerges from a gangway. Entire crew is in dress uniform. The gereral visits a submarine, where French crew is lined up at attention. An honor guard with fixed bayonets, on the pier. View of Free French naval flag. The flag of Forces Navales Francaises Libres (FNFL).
The Bastille Day Parade being witnessed by leader of Free French Forces General Charles De Gaulle in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. The officers salute on the side of the road. A man with a camera takes pictures. French naval officers in white uniform and other officers on the side of the road. The U.S. Army band marches on the road. Trees on the side path. The man with camera on the road. U.S. guards with rifles march. Man with U.S. flag in the front. Man with a flag follows. A cadet salutes in the front. Guards with rifles follow. The crowd on the side of the road watch. The French Army band follows. The French troops holding rifles march behind the band. Children, men and women look on from the side of the road as the guards march. Officers salute as they stand in front of the children. Men with flags and rifles march. General De Gaulle with other French officers and dignitaries on the other side of the road. General De Gaulle salutes as troops pass. French troops wearing American uniform ride in tanks and other American equipment. Crowd on either side of the road watch.
The Bastille Day Parade in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. A huge crowd cheering. Motor vehicles pass on the road at the Bastille Day Parade. A group of horsemen follow. Another group of men, women and children on the road. A man with a flag in the front. The men, women and children follow. A motorcade follows. The crowd cheers. A huge crowd on the side of the road. A band marches on the road. Cadets in uniform march. The troop pass through a street. A horseman on the roadside. People group on the road. A building with 'Alger Capitale Del Empire' written on it.
A contingent of French colonial military veterans, many wearing numerous medals on their coats, parade on wet streets in Algiers. They carry a variety of flags, some of military units. Aerial view shows dense crowds lining the sidewalk of a street as the veterans march past.
Aerial views of Algiers, Algeria, from the port inland. Mountains seen in the background.