British 8th Army checks a mine field in North Africa. Soldiers lay a tape through the mine field. Soldiers in prone positions on the mine field. A soldier lies down in prone position and fastens the tape to the ground. . British soldiers screen the area with mine detectors. Views of a mine detector. (World War II period).
British troops of 8th Army march German prisoners across a dessert in North Africa. Smoke in the background. Explosions from artillery. Smoke rises in the distance. Trucks move across the desert. Views of clouds of smoke. (World War II period).
A British 8th Army tank leads a huge number of German prisoners of war across the desert of North Africa during World War 2. The German soldiers walk casually but in close formation, with their bedrolls and all their personal equipment. Graves of German soldiers
A truck is unloaded from a ship in Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Men remove hoisting chains from around the tires of the truck. Trucks move past on a road in front of a building with company name: "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" on its front and a sign : ' Telegraphs, Telephones' on the side of the building. Trucks parked in front of the building. Trucks and equipment are unloaded from the ship. Men stand near the equipment.
Activities of British paratroopers in North Africa. View of two British soldiers. Many U.S. Air Force C-47military transport aircraft parked at the airfield. British paratroopers stand in a group for final briefing before boarding aircraft. Planes parked in a line at the airfield. A soldier puts on a helmet. The paratroopers check each others' equipment. They board a plane. Views out the open rear door of the C-47 during takeoff. The field is filled with C-47s and a few other planes. View inside the C-47 cabin with paratroopers in the plane. Paratroopers jumping out the rear door. U.S. C-47s in formation flight. The planes land, one at a time back at the airfield. (World War II period).
A U.S. Navy blimp crashes among trees in the United States. A rescue team of civilian workers uses wooden levers to raise the gondola from the ground and removes the airship fabric from trees. Navy and Marine Officers and men around the gondola of the airship. The men carry wooden planks to the crash site. Men push and lift up the gondola. The officers watch. The fabric of the airship spread over the trees. Men try to remove the fabric from the trees.
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