United States troops in formation march onto field carrying the American flag in North Africa. Hills in the background. Old buildings on a hill with trees in the foreground. View of ships and boats in a harbor and the adjacent area. A Landing Craft on a beach. Soldiers in the craft unloading vehicles. Soldiers get onto military motorcycles. Natives and children observe a half track being driven off craft. Transport ships off shore. (World War II period).
A street crowded with military personnel and in Oran, Algeria, shortly after the fall of Algeria in Operation Torch. United States Military vehicles on the road. American, British and French flags on the street. Added street signs shows distances to London, Paris, San Francisco and Kansas City. American soldiers hold back French civilian crowds in city street, keeping a protected area open in the middle of the street. Crowd smiles and cheers and shows the 'V' sign for victory with their hands. Next, Vichy French military officers are seen walking into the guarded zone of the street and loading their luggage and themselves into a waiting truck. They appear serious and disappointed. One officer simply holds his face in his hands. This is likely the evacuation or detention of Vichy-aligned French military staff that were reassigned, interned, or removed from command following the Darlan Agreement. The officers board a military truck. Some light cigarettes to smoke as they wait for the truck to depart. Scene changes again to show British soldiers in formation on a deserted street. They conduct a ceremony at attention.
Allied soldiers in North Africa. Soldiers look at a poster of the 'Legion Tricolore.' A convoy of military trucks bearing American troops drives along narrow streets and dirt roads. Soldiers march on road alongside the trucks. Locals pose with the soldiers. Military tanks move along on a road. Soldiers talk as one takes notes. A flag on a pole. Sign on building reads: 'HQ 12TH AF'. Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, Commanding General of the United States 12th Air Force and staff look at a map. An officer smokes a pipe. A group of altar boys by the road. Local children nearby. Troops march on the streets. (World War II period).
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of medium bomber raids over Germany during WW II. Aerial view of the ground taken from an aircraft bomb bay. Two United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invaders on an airstrip during sunset. Formation of several A-26 light attack bombers in the sky. (World War II period).
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of raids over Germany during WW II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invaders in flight. A large formation of the light attack bombers A-26s in line flying away and then getting into formation again. (World War II period).
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of medium bomber raids over Germany during WW II. Bomb bay doors of a United States Douglas A-26 Invader open. Bombs dropped on marshaling yards. Bomb bay doors close. A formation of A-26s in flight. (World War II period).
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