American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. The military band marching. Officers march with the American and French flags. American troops march with rifles. Curtiss P-40 Warhawks lined up in the background. French Moroccan horsemen give a sword salute. A dog near the troops.
Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, Colonel Willis, as well as other American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-4O Warhawk planes by U.S. to French Major-General Bergeret and the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. American troops parade with the American flag. An officer addresses the troops. Officers with the American flag. Officers salute the French and American flags. P-40 Warhawks in the air. Three officers walking. French Moroccan horsemen pass by. Major General Doolittle, Lieutenant General Spaatz, and French Major-General Bergeret talk to each other and to other American and French officers.
Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, along with Colonel Willis, as well as other American officers at a presentation ceremony of Curtiss P-40 aircraft to French Major-General Bergeret and other French officers. Excellent close-up views of Spaatz and Doolittle. The P-40 Warhawk planes are presented by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco. Several P-40s lined outside a hangar. A C-47 Skytrain "Gooney Bird" in the background. The Lafayette Escadrille squadron insignia, French Air Service insignia, and the French tricolor painted on the planes. Soldier walks past the airplanes. The military band with bombers in the background. United States and French officers talk as they hold a cut out of the squadron insignia. (World War II period).
Hills covered with olive trees in Morocco. Olive fruits on the trees. A road flanked by olive trees on either side. Horse cart on the road. View of the hills through the trees.
A map shows areas of conflict between the Allied and Japanese in the South Pacific. Japanese warships cruising in heavy seas off New Guinea. Japanese soldiers aboard the ship. Explosions in the water. New Guinea shoreline. Japanese troops with the Japanese flag advance through Salamaua in New Guinea. Destroyed Allied hangars and planes. Japanese planes take off. Pilots in the planes take refreshments. Japanese planes bomb Port Darwin on the north Australian coast. (World War II period).
A map shows the German eastern front. German infantry and vehicles advance through mud and water. Soldiers wade through muddy waters. They push military motorcycles and vehicles stuck in the mud. Soldiers load railway cars. Construction of roads. Soldiers cut and saw logs to build bridges. They remove water from flooded bunkers and trenches. Soldiers hose down a StuG III Assault Gun and scrub off the whitewash with brushes. They shave and clean themselves. (World War II period).
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