Aerial views of Algiers, Algeria, from the port inland. Mountains seen in the background.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headquarter installations in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An officer enters through the main gates of the headquarters. Major Holocomb, Executive Officer Major Pfleiger, Chief of Mission Colonel Edward Glavin and Lieutenant Colonel Russell Livermore talk to each other. U.S. soldiers, tents and military vehicles at the headquarters. Two officers talk to each other.
A U.S. Army parachute training school camp in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An Anglo American parachute school camp. Chief of Parachute Training Major Rucker poses. Major Rucker trains paratroopers. The paratroopers are inspected before boarding an aircraft. The paratroopers practice jumping from the aircraft.
A U.S. Army parachute training center in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. Paratroopers jump from a U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. The paratroopers descend from the aircraft. An aircraft taxis at a cargo drop training center. Aircraft drop parachute supplies over a field.
A crowd greets French General Charles de Gaulle in Algiers, showering his motorcade with ticker tape. views of motorcade from various locations, including high in an overlooking building. Cheering crowds jam the roadside. A formation of French warplane aircraft is seen flying overhead. A little girl kisses De Gaulle on the cheeks. De Gaulle walks with officials up a hill and then speaks from a portico of the Government General building, to an audience of thousands jammed shoulder-to-shoulder in the Place du Forum with some perched atop a monument. De Gaulle returns to his open car, as a cordon of French military hold the crowd back.
Crew members of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses in Algiers, Algeria during 'Shuttle Mission' of World War II. U.S. air and ground crew have K-rations in a field. B-17s parked on the field. Crew members under the wing of a B-17. Crew members sit with Arab children. An EM (Enlisted Man) shaves. EMs have breakfast and eat watermelon. An EM in cowboy boots. An EM rides a donkey accompanied by two Arab boys. EMs ride camels.
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