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Allied Forces move successfully towards Tunisia but are forced to withdraw by severe German counterattacks during World War II.

Animated map shows Allied forces in three columns heading toward Tunis, from Algeria in World War 2. Another map shows German forces pouring into North Africa, from Italy. German troops disembarking from a troop ship. View of German Marshal Albert Kesselring, the Mediterranean Commander in Chief of the Axis powers, visiting German troops at the front. Skirmishes between Allied and German forces in Tunisia. German troops firing a heavy machine gun from a dug-in position. American soldier firing his rifle. British soldiers advancing across a field, under fire. Germans firing heavy machine gun. British soldier throwing a hand grenade. American M2 light tank advancing. Army truck carrying U.S. troops. British soldiers marching along a roadside. Sign identifying Béja Tunisia. British soldier with field radio. View of French military commander in Tunisia, General Barré, whose troops were holding Medjez-el-Bab) against German forces. Views of the French forces employing only machine guns and rifles to hold the German forces back at Medjez-el-Bab. General Kenneth Anderson, Commander of the British 1st Army is seen observing at the front with binoculars. (Narrator notes, he moved his troops to support the French, and the Germans withdrew.) Allied troops are seen continuing their advance toward Tunisia, but, attacked by German bombers. November 23rd, Allied and German tanks engage each other. Views of Allied armor firing and German shells striking. Explosions all over the battlefield. German tank burning. (Narrator says "15 enemy tanks destroyed, and the rest withdrew.") Animated map shows continuing Allied advance toward Tunis and Bizerte. Milestone showing 64 kilometers to Bizerte. Roadsign showing 14 Km to Tindja, and 27 Km to Bizerte. A patrol of British troops, sheltered in ruins of a hilltop building, looks down over the City of Bizerte. German forces begin heavy counterattacks with armor and heavy artillery. A squadron of German Ju 87, stuka dive bombers attacks making their familiar howling sounds. Bombs bursting on the ground. Glimpse of silhouetted German Heinkel He 111 bomber overhead and more attacking German aircraft dropping bombs. Fires raging everywhere among Allied forces locations. British soldiers assisting a wounded comrade. A burning downed British aircraft. Allied forces forced to retreat toward hills.

Date: 1942, November
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033508
Tunisians joyfully greet Salah Ben Youssef, upon his return from exile.

After three years of exile, Salah Ben Youssef, Secretary General of the Néo-Destour, returns to Tunis. Views of huge crowds at the Tunis Carthage airport. Salah Ben Youssef is seen, wearing sun glasses, and a fez as he slowly descends aircraft ladder from TWA Lockheed Constellation aircraft in which he arrived. The ladder is jammed by well wishers. He is greeted by members of the government and leaders of the Néo-Destour, including Habib Bourguiba. He finally manages to enter an open car and is escorted by motorcycles along Tunis city streets. His automobile, a 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible, is overflowing with other passengers. His motorcade proceeds to Carthage Palace where he meets Lamine Bey.

Date: 1955, September 13
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055984
Inaugural air mail service in 1918; a R-4 helicopter in 1943 carries mail to an airport for air delivery in Washington DC, United States.

The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065878
General Dwight D Eisenhower and Allied forces capture North Africa and Sicily, receives the French Legion of Honour medal (WWII)

General Dwight D Eisenhower from the North Africa campaign to the D-Day Normandy landings during World War II. Eisenhower with other military officers in the War Plan Office discusses strategy. A mural covering the west wall of the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas. An animated map shows plan to seize key positions in North Africa. Fight in Algiers and Casablanca. Allied troops fire artillery, bombarding a North African coastal town. Troops advancing from beachhead, engage in street fighting with Vichy French troops in Casablanca, Morocco. A flare gun is fired. Unfavorable weather conditions delay the troops advancing towards Tunis and Bizerte. Allied troops fighting at nighttime. Allied soldiers walk through mud, allied military vehicles pass through water on the roads. Troops fire artillery under a canopy, hitting the side of a hill. Thick clouds of smoke cover a hill. U.S. General Omar Bradley and his troops capture Bizerte, Tunisia and the British 1st Army captures Tunis. German and Italian prisoners raise their hands up upon surrender. Animated map shows the surrender of the Axis troops. A ceremony commemorates the victory. North African cavalrymen join the parade. General Eisenhower and Free French Forces General Henri Giraud review a military parade. Henri Giraud bestows to General Eisenhower the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. A mural on a wall of the Eisenhower Museum depicts the Allied invasion of Sicily. Allied troops march into Sicily in 1943.Civilians in the streets to celebrate. A mural on the wall of Eisenhower Museum depicts invasion of Italy. Allied troops land ashore and march into Italy. U.S. General Mark Clark 5th Army at Salerno. A sign reads Napoli. Eisenhower comes out of a tent. U.S. President Roosevelt visits the troops in the combat area with Eisenhower. United States President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin in Cairo, Egypt. Another mural on the wall of the Eisenhower Museum. Eisenhower with other officers. Dramatization of German troops guarding and preparing the defenses of Normandy before the Allied landings. Eisenhower reviews training of the troops. Allied troops undergo physical training though obstacle courses. Churchill inspects the troops. Eisenhower reviews the troops on the eve of invasion. Eisenhower speaks to airborne troops wearing blackened camouflage face paint.

Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033592
Allied troops enter into the city of Tunis, Tunisia and capture hordes of German soldiers during World War II.

Allied Forces fight the Axis Powers during World War II. Aerial view of the city of Tunis. British Forces enter the city. Trenches in the city. Dead soldier on the street. Allied soldiers patrol in the streets and skirmish with German snipers. German soldiers surrender. Allied soldiers fire at a building. French Troops lead long lines of captured German prisoners of war. Italian Field Marshal Giovanni Messe is captured. German Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Commander of all Axis Forces in Africa, is captured and flown from Gibralter to England. Commander von Arnim is seen being driven into a prison camp and emerges from his car within the Prison Camp. British troops of the 1st and 8th Armies are warmly greeted by the citizens of Tunis. Allied military vehicles pass on the streets of Tunis amidst throngs of cheering civilians. French General Henri Giraud reviews the French troops as they parade.

Date: 1943, May
Duration: 6 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033500
First Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion descends from an El Al plane, at airport outside Washington DC

First Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion arrives at an airport in United States. Prime Minister, his ministers and dignitaries descend from a Lockheed Constellation plane of El Al airlines. Location is U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia. Ben-Gurion is greeted by officials. A crowd at the terminal buildings observes him while security guards keep watch.

Date: 1951, May 3
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036286