Rouen Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen Pl. de la Cathédrale, 76000 Rouen, France) in Rouen France bombed heavily by British bombers taking several direct hits that narrowly missed destroying key pillars. German troops putting off fires from the smoky ruins using water hoses. The 151m tall central spire is easily visible. Shows three men passing by the smoking debris. April 1944. (World War II period).
Leading automobile company executives leave the White House after conferring with the President in efforts to restrict "time" sales of automobiles (down payment and then financing, with repercussions for consumer debt, potential over-production, and labor instability) and to seek stabilization of labor relations. Executives pose for photographers. In the front row are: K.T. Keller of Chrysler; Edsel Ford of Ford Motor; Senator Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan; William S. Knudsen of General Motors; and A.E. Duncan, President of Commercial Credit Company. Photographers and journalists follow the auto company executives, including K.T. Keller and William Knudsen seen again near end of clip.
Lieutenant General Mark Clark of U.S. Army, British General Kenneth Anderson, British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and French Admiral Jean Darlan review United States troops at Algiers in Algeria. U.S. troops salute passing the high ranking officers. Robert Murphy, United States Minister to North Africa, conversing with U.S. General Mark Clark. U.S. troops aboard a Landing Craft Tank (LCT). Guns mounted on the LCT. Buoy in the harbor and city of Algiers in the background. Distant vessels stand in the harbor. U.S. soldiers aboard an LCT. Black belts (light preservers) around soldiers' waists . Distant convoy of Allied ships escorted by British destroyers head to Bone, Algeria. A view of harbor at Bone. U.S. General Lee Tanks (M3) are unloaded from LCT at the shore. Men unload cargo of ammunition from a Britsh supply ship. Men handle ammunition crates at a supply depot. (November 1942-December 1942)
Shows American parachute troops accompanied with armed Arab guides in a desert near Tebourba in Tunisia, during World War 2. Troops take shelter from sun under a large rock. Troops rest on sand in open. Allied convoy comprising of U.S. M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls near Tebourba in Tunisia. The convoy crosses a bridge guarded by French soldiers. U.S. P-38s circle the skies above the convoy. (November 1942-December 1942).
American convoy of U.S. Army M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls through Algeria near the Tunisian border during World War 2. Protective distance is maintained between the vehicles. The convoy passes through a French road barricade and leaves Algeria crossing the Tunisian Frontier. (November 1942-December 1942)
Montage of brief scenes in World War 2, around Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The first is view from a ship rising and falling with waves or swells in water, with sun setting in background. Next a high speed boat (perhaps a PT boat) is seen churning up large white wake as it speeds about in waters near Tunis. Closeup of a sailor (aboard the camera boat) manning a deck gun. He maneuvers the gun in various elevations and directions and then fires a round from it. Another crew member fires a tripod mounted Browning M 1919 air cooled 30 caliber machine gun. A third sailor fires a twin 20mm antiaircraft gun from a station atop the ship. A soldier fires his rifle from the ship's deck at sunset. Camera pans across widely spaced group of warships in the distance, and continues panning to show city of Tunis on the horizon. Now in Tunis harbor, the camera ship moves past a sunken ship with masts and funnel showing above water surface. Anchored transport ships silhouetted against light sky in the harbor. Stern view of a landing craft infantry. Huge explosion occurs in the water. An American soldier is seen on a sandy hill plunging the handle on a detonator. Views of waters turning rough in the area. Change of scene and time (water is extremely calm). A beached ship is seen in the harbor and several boats.
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