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Allied troops mobilize and advance in Algiers and Tunisia.

Allied Armies mobilize in Algiers and Tunisia. Algiers: An all Greek battalion of volunteers marching. Troops hold flags. Troops assemble at the docks of Algiers. French Foreign Legion troops and the British 8th Army troops near a ship. Soldiers share cigarettes. French colonial troops, Canadian troops and other Allied troops climb aboard a ship. Military supplies, equipment and vehicles at the docks. Men work at an assembly line, while others repair vehicles. Trucks transfer material. Tunisia: Allied troops advance over the plains. Troops, tanks and artillery move ahead. Troops in jeeps and on motorbikes on muddy roads. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020884
President of France Charles De Gaulle seeks satisfactory settlement of the Army and the Rebels during his tour of Algeria.

President of France Charles De Gaulle visits Algiers, Algeria. President Gaulle gets off a helicopter. Officers and dignitaries receive the President. Children lined up on the streets. Civilians greet President Gaulle. He seeks satisfactory settlement of the Army and the Rebels in the War with Nationalist Rebels.

Date: 1959, August 31
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055674
British Navy attacks French Vichy fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algiers, during World War II

Opening scene shows ships of the French fleet in the harbor of Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria, during World War 2. French tricolors seen flying from the superstructure of the French battleship, Dunkerque. A motorboat arrives, delivering a note from British Admiral Somerville, via HMS Foxhound (destroyer) to Vichy French naval officer Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, with final warning ultimatum against siding with the Axis powers. Sailors on the Dunkerque watch over the railing of their ship. The messengers board the Dunkerque. French and British Navy sailors exchange signal light messages between ships. Onboard the Dunkerque, the message is delivered to French Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul. Closeup of the message. More signal light messages between ships. (The French had rejected the ultimatum.) French sailors are seen running across a concrete pier separating small pleasure boats in the foreground, from the French warships on the other side of the pier, in the background. View of sailors running to battle stations aboard French ships. An explosion occurs in the waters of the harbor. Striking shells create explosions near the French warships. The Battleship Dunkerque with heavy black smoke rising from her funnel getting underway. French sailors on a battleship with heavy white smoke surrounding them as they stand near her 13-inch guns. The French battleship, Bretagne, exploding after being hit by British gunfire. French sailors fighting fires on burning deck of a warship. Another view of the exploding battleship, Bretagne. A British warship firing its 15-inch guns. Unidentified French warship hit in its aft section by gunfire and exploding in heavy smoke. French survivors in life vests and lifeboats throughout the harbor. Wreckage of some destroyed French ships. (Note: The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralize or destroy French warships in Vichy France, to prevent them from falling into German hands.)

Date: 1940, July 3
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675036557
USS Quincy CA-71 at Algiers Harbor, it passes through the Strait of Gibraltar and a U.S. cook looks at cakes on a table.

USS Quincy CA-71 at Algiers Harbor, Algiers. Officer looks through binoculars. Wooden logs piled up on wharf. Men stand around a jeep. A view of the city. Apartment houses. Ships at the harbor. USS Quincy CA-71 passes through the Strait of Gibraltar. U.S. officials on the deck. Rock of Gibralter in the background. Cakes on a table. A U.S. cook looks at a cake. Happy Birthday FDR' written on the cake. The cooks hold the cakes in their hands. A sign reads 'Crew USS Quincy'.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033750
French military on alert during a strike in Algeria after ceasefire signed between French government and Moslem rebels.

A strike in Algeria after a ceasefire signed between French government and Moslem rebels. Quite surroundings of capital city Algiers. French military men check people on streets and interrogate them for identifications papers. French military soldiers, tanks and armored vehicles on alert during the strike.

Date: 1962, March 22
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056476
Peace pact signed between Secret Army Organization (OAS) and Moslim rebels leads to peace in the cities of Algeria.

Peace pact signed between Secret Army Organization (OAS) and Moslim rebels leads to peace in the cities of Algeria. Tanks and French soldiers on alert in the streets of Algiers as a peace pact is signed. Few civilians on streets on day. French President Charles de Gaulle cheered by large crowd, raises his hands in victory after the signing of the peace pact.

Date: 1962, June 18
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056483