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Thousands of people in Venice, Italy board a fleet of ships for Libya, North Africa to settle in colony

The greatest mass migration from Venice, Italy to Libya, North Africa. Thousands of people from Italy gathered at the Piazza San Marco during a send-off ceremony. A cardinal leads a mass for Italian settlers leaving for Libya. Crowds gathered outside the Basilica of St. Mark (P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). Italian settlers carry their belongings with their children. They board a fleet of ships for Libya to help settle into its colony.

Location: Venice Italy
Date: 1939, November 13
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070952
Allied Invasion of North Africa during World War II

Allied warships move towards North Africa during World War 2. A sailor on a destroyer monitors sonar indicating presence of a submarine. A sailor looks through a pair of binoculars and another sailor nearby has a pair of headphones. Loudspeaker signals call to general quarters. Sailors rush up the stairs. Numerous depth charges are launched and explode in the water. Next, a wide oil slick on the surface indicates the submarine has been struck by the depth charges. An officer looks through a pair of binoculars. A man speaks into a radio. Soldiers amuse themselves on a troop ship. One plays the piano and others playing play cards, read novel while eating an apple. Flags of Major General Patton and Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt aboard the USS Augusta (CA-31) off the coast of North Africa. Semaphore flags and signal lights communicate between ships. Soldier with 'map of West Africa' in his back pocket. Two soldiers read a language guide. An animated map detailing Plan Acrobat to invade North Africa. Map includes Casablanca, Algiers, Tripoli, and Libya. Soldiers exercise, peel potatoes and relax on a troop ship. Clothes hung on a line. British soldiers write letters home. A soldier pastes news on a bulletin board. The bulletin announces that the 'German Afrika Corps' are in full retreat. Night time aerial views of bombing of cities in Italy. Narrator states the bombing included Naples, Genoa, and Turin. Explosions and smoke on the ground below from the bombing. Aerial view of daylight bombing at lower altitude of a Renault tank factory. Submarine on surface at twilight. Eighth Army plane. General Eisenhower, General Mark Clark and French General Giraud. Night scene. Soldiers on the deck. German WWII headquarters at night with guards in Rome and at the The Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Hitler at Berghof . German switchboard, terminal, and radio communications. Messages passed between Allied ships via signal light and ship-to-ship cargo transfer. ( Note The Operation Acrobat discussed in this film is misleading. That plan was scrapped, and the Allied North African campaign was conducted as part of Operation Torch.)

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033506
King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III reviews Italian North African Forces under Marshall Balbo in Libya,North Africa.

King of Italy Victor Emmanuel III in Libya, North Africa. Victor Emmanuel III arrives in the desert area and Commander in Chief of Italian North Africa Marshall Italo Balbo salutes him. Other officers in the background salute the King. Italian North African Forces parade and the King reviews the parade. Natives on horse back carry modern weapons.

Location: Libya
Date: 1938, June 8
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069231
The siege of Malta and the North Africa campaign during World War II.

Italian warships maneuvering in the Mediterranean during World War 2. Destroyers pass a Corazzata-class Italian battleship. Italian IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance planes are launched from a battleship. Two Corazzata-class Italian battleships underway. Change of scene shows the island of Malta, viewed from a low flying airplane. A formation of Italian CANT Z.508 seaplane bombers flying overhead to attack Malta. View from ground on Malta of anti-aircraft flak burst clouds in the air above. Smoke rising from bomb bursts. Glimpse of a large British warship slowly easing out of its dock. Single engine aircraft overhead moving through heavy flak clouds. More bomb explosions. Local civilian people and refugees, including many children, seeking safety from bombing. People perusing destroyed buildings. A formation of British Bristol Blenheim light bombers in flight over North Africa. British forces firing artillery in Libya. War materiel abandoned by retreating Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland. British troops and a contingent of Ethiopian troops march into Addis Ababa, escorting Emperor Haile Selassie as he is restored to his throne in May, 1942. Next, German armor in North Africa is seen burning. A knocked out German tank viewed through window of a British armored vehicle. More burning German armor. German aircraft destroyed on the ground at an airbase. Bombs lined up on the ground. Huge number of Italian prisoners of war marching across the desert in Libya.

Location: Malta
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046083
German forces attack British positions in Battle of Tobruk, Libya, in North Africa during World War II.

German soldiers battle against the British in area of Tobruk Libya during World War II. A map shows the coast of Libya, highlighting Tobruk. A German officer standing with German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel atop a hill and looking through binoculars. German troops with Panzer Tanks including Pz.III, Pz.IV and Italian tanks advance across an open ground. An armored vehicle tows artillery. German soldiers make a barbed wire fencing. A danger signboard (skull face). German soldiers take positions with rifles in trenches in sand terrain. Officers look at a map. German artillery in position to fire. The soldiers load and fire the artillery. Wrecked British aircraft on the ground. German Stuka dive bomber aircraft attack British positions. Fire and explosions on the ground.

Location: Tobruk Libya
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675064774
British Troops relax in Egypt after being evacuated from previously Allied-held territory in North Africa.

War-weary troops evacuated from former Allied territory arrive in Egypt during World War 2. The soldiers relax and smile. British Royal Navy warships underway to attack Italian installations in Libya. An airplane is launched from a British aircraft carrier. Gun crews bring shells on deck for heavy naval guns. A British sailor writes on one: "This'll make you whistle." Scenes of heavy naval bombardment of Italian military installations and the port at Tripoli, Libya. Daylight scenes reveal many sunken ships and destroyed Italian L11-39 tanks and military equipment.

Location: Egypt
Date: 1941, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043884
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