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Twelve bulls are ceremonially sacrificed as the Berbers surrender in Morocco, North Africa.

The surrender of the Berbers in Morocco, North Africa. Men walking in an area. 12 bulls are ceremonially sacrificed to symbolize the surrender. Men seated holding flags. Guns lying on the ground.

Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076486
Lost Allied ships and personnel during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, during World War II.

Wrecked and sunken ships and bodies of U.S. Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders who lost their lives during the Operation Torch invasion of North Africa, in World War 2. A wrecked supply ship aground in the surf. Bodies of two dead U.S. frogmen (Army/Navy Scouts and Raiders) in rubber suits with breathing apparatus. An inflated rubber raft nearby on the shore. Another red rubber boat further inland. Two destroyers sunk in shallow water.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065268
Allied landing craft in Moroccan waters during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in World War II.

Allied invasion of North Africa, during World War 2 (Operation Torch). A British officer looks through binoculars at sunset. Several Allied landing craft maneuvering in waters off the Moroccan coast. The Casablanca El Hank lighthouse in the background behind ships. A British Naval officer on deck. A destroyer escort moving through a convoy. A Moroccan flag flying from ship. Naval gunfire in darkness at night.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065270
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.

Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.

Date: 1942, December 25
Duration: 7 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033510
Presentation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk planes by U.S. to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco, North Africa.

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).

Date: 1943, January 9
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020496
President Franklin D Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated on lawn in Morocco.

President Franklin D Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated on a lawn in Morocco. American General George Patton and Harry Hopkins stand on edge of American cemetery. President Roosevelt in jeep shakes hand with officers and chats with the group standing alongside jeep.

Date: 1942, July
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034672