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Naval officers meet aboard a ship at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign.

The British Royal Navy flag flies aboard a combat ship at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. Soldiers load and fire heavy guns. A U.S. Naval officer watches a submarine enter the port. Port buildings in the background. Submarine approaches ship. Sailors stand on the submarine roof with British Royal Navy flag. A naval officer climbs aboard the ship and is greeted by the waiting officer. Sailors row a boat across the port. A gun on the ship deck. Two blimps in the sky over the port. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020438
Officer makes announcement over a loud speaker at the Tunis port during the North African Campaign.

U.S. Naval ships and boats at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. Patrol boats and combat ships in the water. An officer makes an announcement over the loudspeaker aboard a ship.

Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020442
Men try to extinguish fire on U.S. Navy ships at the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign.

U.S. Navy ships on fire off the Tunis Port during the North African Campaign. Sailors watch from afar as black and white smoke clouds arise from the ships. The Tunis Port in the background. Smoke arises from strong flames on the ships. Sunken ships in the water. Men use water hoses to extinguish the fire at the bow of a ship. Charred gun on the bow of the ship. Sailors survey remains of the burnt ships. Men extinguish the fire with water hoses. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020443
French Military Academy cadets, Republican Guard and the North African Spahis parade on the Champs-Élysées, Paris

French troops parade on Avenue Champs-Élysées. A French plane in flight overhead. People watch the parade. Troops include cadets of the French Military Academy at Saint-Cyr. They are followed by cavalry horsemen of the French Republican Guard. The North African Spahis cavalry on horseback march past.

Date: 1956, November 6
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021095
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.)

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033506
US General Joseph Stilwell with Major General Frank Dow Merrill; Allied soldiers in China Burma India Theater training in India during WW2

United States General Joseph Stilwell discusses plan with Major General Frank Dow Merrill during World War 2. Insignia of the China Burma India Theater (CBI). Nationalist Chinese soldiers march toward a United States Army Air Force transport plane to India. USA Army Air Force plane takes off, heading for India. At the U.S. Army Chinese Training and Combat Command at Ramgarh, India, Chinese soldiers train under the United States Army leadership. Aerial view of tents and buildings at Ramgarh. General Stilwell personally instructs Chinese soldiers as they shoot at targets while in prone position. Chinese troops charge out of a trench, crawl with guns under barbed wire, and avoid gun fire and explosions. India Command Formation insignia. British General Archibald Wavell inspects soldiers in formation. General Archibald Wavell shares a map with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck. Indian soldiers exercise by lifting logs, jump over obstacles, climbing with ropes. Soldiers jump out of an airplane fuselage during parachute training. Soldiers jump out of a plane with parachutes. Soldiers falling with parachutes. United States soldiers unload supplies. Allied soldiers marching. Indian infantry marching in farmland. Gurkha soldiers from Nepal march with donkeys. Naga headhunters from Assam and northwestern Burma. East and West African soldiers. British colonial regiment, the Burma Rifles marching. Soldiers from the Kachin people of Burma and Southwestern China. Allied soldiers in India coming from various races- Scots, Irish, English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealander, Indian, Gurkha, Burman, African, Chinese and American. Multinational army from Allied countries.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078818