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History of 1st Infantry Division, or Big Red One, focusing on deployment and action during Operation Torch in North Africa

Colonel William Wilson Quinn introduces an episode of "The Big Picture" that tells about the history of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States, called the "Big Red One." We see the boots and the shoes that 1st Infantry soldiers wore beginning with the Revolutionary War, through the Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War. Recruits are shown in training during World War 2 before deploying overseas in Operation Torch and the invasion of North Africa. Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division, General Terry Allen, is seen during the Division's deployment to North Africa in World War II. Soldiers relaxing aboard troop ship. Naval barrage at night followed by amphibious assault on coast of Algeria. Animation shows the target areas of the division as they capture Oran. German counter attack is seen with bombers, tanks, and artillery. American soldier standing with rifles shooting at low-flying German aircraft that are bombing their position. Scenes of German and American gun crews firing. Nazi German General Rommel seen in his staff car. Animation shows route of the Division with others towards the North. Heavy nighttime gunfire is seen. American soldiers meet and greet British troops of General Montgomery's 8th Army.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028433
American and British troops in landing crafts reach the beachheads in Oran, Algeria in Operation Torch invasion of North Africa

Allied offensive in North Africa, part of Operation Torch in World War 2. Allied convoy underway near the coast of Oran in North Africa. Antiaircraft guns provide cover fire for the naval fleet to land on the shores. British and American warships lay a smoke screen. Troops descend from a ship via a climbing net and board a transport boat. Troops in landing crafts head toward the beachheads. British and American troops reach the North African shores. Supplies and equipment are unloaded.

Location: Oran Algeria
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030219
United States troops land at a beach in North West Africa during World War II.

Allied invasion of North West Africa during World War II. Coastline of Dakar, Senegal. A harbor in Dakar with ships at th harbor. A map of North West Africa depicts the location of Dakar. Aerial views of the city of Casablanca, Morocco. A harbor in Algiers, Algeria. Ships in the harbor. A large Allied invasion convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean as aircraft fly overhead. American soldiers aboard a troops ship. U.S. aircraft carrier underway at sea. U.S. Navy Douglas Devastator TBD-1 and Dauntless SBD-1 take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. United States troops climb down cargo nets and onto barges. Enemy aircraft in flight as they attack the Allied ships. Smoke rises as naval guns fire at the coastline. U.S. soldiers land on the shore and get off barges.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059611
Bomb fin assemblies at U.S. munitions dump in North Africa during World War II.

Large U.S. munitions dump in North Africa during World War II. Bomb fin assembly area at a munitions dump in North Africa. Bomb fin assemblies of 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 lbs.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1943, August 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060465
Mechanics work on U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked inside a wrecked hanger in North Africa.

Mechanics work on USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) planes parked in a hangar in North Africa during World War II. Large gas and oil dump in North Africa. U.S. army trucks pass on highway to Bizerte. Semi-truck and trailer carry wrecked USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft. Interiors of a bomb wrecked hangar. Two mechanics walk to steel work rack at tail of B-25 Mitchell bomber, lift machine gun, and climb up to work platform. They install machine gun on B-25 tail. Large hole in hangar ceiling. Mechanic inside the tail adjusts pivot on the gun of B-25. Mechanic climbs on work rack and works on tail of B-25. Several gliders parked outside bomb wrecked hangar. Crew members clean glider nose.

Location: North Africa
Date: 1943, August 25
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060472
Churchill, Brooke, and Smuts on ship in North Africa (WW2)

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stands with a Naval Officer and Sir Allan Brooke, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, aboard a British warship en route to North Africa. Churchill and Brooke don life vests and relax on deck. General Brooke, Prime Minister Churchill and British Field Marshal Jan Smuts stand on deck in their life vests. Churchill descending a ladder on the ship. Churchill, Brooke, and Smuts, aboard a launch entering harbor in North Africa. Scenes of congested pier at the port. Jeeps and troops crowd about to see the Prime Minister and members of Imperial General Staff, as they slice through the crowd to meet up with General Bernard Law Montgomery. Winston Churchill, smoking a cigar, walks and converses with General Montgomery. View of Prime Minister Churchill, cigar in mouth, deftly stepping across from one ship to another. Crew of the first ship cheers him and he doffs his hat and flashes a V for victory hand sign. (World War II period)

Location: North Africa
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053875
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