Large columns of United States Army Air Forces student pilots wearing flight suits, helmets and goggles, march at an airbase in United States. A car in the background. A hangar filled with Link trainers for instrument flying training. A student pilot demonstrates the Link trainer, with the cover open. AT-6 aircraft taking off. Beech AT-10 aircraft in formation. AT-6 aircraft in formation. (World War 2 period.)
Christmas celebration in Germany. World War 2 German soldiers raffle chances on geese. Two men seated at a table. Geese picks up numbers from a bowl. One soldier matches the picked numbers with the ones in his ticket.
Allied armies advance in Tunisia during World War II. American and British outposts in Tunisia. German Luftwaffe and Allied aircraft engaged in a dogfight while in flight. Views from ground as a German aircraft is shot down and it falls to the earth. Several other scenes of German aircraft falling and crashing. A German aircraft burns on a field. American soldiers in position along the Atlas Mountains. Narrator notes, "On the slopes of the Atlas Mountains, American troops are poised for the opening round in the battle to join ranks with Montgomery's Eighth Army." British and American tank destroyers in action with explosions occurring as they blast, as the narrator says, at "point blank range." Narrator continues, "Only a few hundred yards away, Nazi passers are halted by the terrific fire". Narrator notes, "Some of the Nazis, beaten off in their first real battle with American troops, surrender." (These descriptions from the narrator indicate the footage is likely showing the Battle of Kasserine Pass.) View of German prisoners of war marching. British 8th Army enters Tripoli in Libya. British General Bernard Montgomery talks to an Italian Governor and officers about the Axis surrender. British flags hoisted in the city. Montgomery rides past a cheering crowd in a car. Tanks roll on streets.
U.S. soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. Wreckage and bombed buildings in Sbeitla, Tunisia. British soldiers escort German and Italian prisoners towards Allied prison camps in Constantine, Algeria. Dusty boots of the prisoners.
British King George VI in Tunisia, Africa during World War II. King George VI wearing a navy uniform gets out from a car. He speaks with United States Navy officers. He enters a Royal Navy canteen. They walk out of the canteen with United States Admiral Cunningham. U.S. sailors stand guard at the canteen door. King George speaks with the officers and shakes hands with them. The naval officers salute. A French committee in Algeria, Africa. The French committee along with French General George Catroux, General Charles De Gaulle stand on the stairs of a building. The committee members standing in the background. General De Gaulle speaks with French General Henri Giraud. General George Catroux and General Henri Giraud enter a car and drive off. General Charles De Gaulle descends stairs and gets into a car. The French flag flutters on a pole.
Wreckage of Italian aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunisia during World War II. View of wrecked Italian aircraft at an airfield. The wreckage of aircraft strewn on the airfield. Views of various insignias on parts of the Italian aircraft.
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