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Port of Tunis severely damaged during its fall to the Allies in World War II

Start of film shows views from an Allied ship close to Tunis, North Africa, as shells strike a fortress on a hill. Numerous explosions raise white smoke as the shells strike. Change of scene shows heavy black smoke rising from a fire at the port of Tunis after being attacked. Italian firemen direct water from hoses to extinguish it. Next, smoke rises from an area of destroyed facilities as firemen also spray water to fight it. View of stern of a grounded burning ship as firemen fight it with water from hoses. Heavy black smoke rising from a burning ship in the harbor. On shore, Italian soldiers carry a wounded victim on a litter over their shoulders. Occupying American soldiers are seen in the background. Another view of the burning grounded ship and firemen directing water on it from hoses. More views of fires raising heavy black smoke in the Port. A gun in a ship's turret firing at approximately a 30 degree elevation.

Date: 1943, May
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029008
U.S. Sailors unload heavy auxiliary generator from a landing ship tank (LST) at Port of Tunis during World War II

Glimpse of American sailors; derricks; and a landing ship tank ( LST) at the Port of Tunis in World War 2. Sign on building reads: "A.S.T.B. Tunis." A sailor seen in the cab of a derrick at the controls. Sailors guide a large auxiliary generator down the ramp of the LST. The sailor-operated derrick lowers a cable with hook that sailors fasten to the generator and the derrick begins to lift it.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029015
Airliner Boeing 707 get released from hijackers Leon Bearden and his son in El Paso, texas.

Boeing 707 at airport in El Paso, Texas. A man takes his equipment from car and join the discussions with some officials and army men. Two of the hostages are released from the rear gate of the plane. Released women come with a man. Hijacker Leon Bearden and his son subdued and police officers take them to ground. people stop car and board it.

Date: 1961, August
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034185
Crew of U.S. AA Force bomber B-17F Memphis Belle greeted and welcomed by Secretary of War and General Arnold in Washington DC

United States Army Air Force bomber B-17F Memphis Belle lands at Washington National Airport, Washington DC, during a War Bonds tour in the summer of 1943, in World War 2. Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. B-17F No. 24485 lands at the airport and taxis to a parking position. People approach the Memphis Belle as it is parked. The pilot looks out from the window of cockpit. The Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and General Henry H. Arnold and Barney Mc Giles greet the crew and pose in front of the aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046322
Allied Forces defeat Axis forces in Tunisia during World War II

The final battle of Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. An animated map shows Allied Forces moving on all sides pressing forward against German forces still remaining in Northern Tunisia. in World War 2. U.S. forces move 200 miles from the south to confront German forces in the north. Views of U.S. soldiers in trucks and M3 half-tracks, and towing heavy artillery with a tractor. Views of hills where Germans are positioned, west of Tunis and Bizerte. Allied guns firing. French forces sweeping for mines and digging some up with bayonets. French General Alphonse Juin confers with his staff as they review a large map laid out on a jeep. Brief view of French infantry in the field and gunners firing artillery. German tiger tanks moving to counter British attacks. German tanks and artillery firing barrages against the British. Camera pans over destroyed German armor. British 78th Division attacks Longstop Hill. A long line of British infantry moving single file up a hillside. British soldiers firing machine guns from protected positions and infantry moving uphill, carrying small arms and Bren guns. British troops scaling steep hills, using ropes, as shells burst close to them. One throws a hand grenade that explodes on the hilltop. After reaching the hilltop, the infantry scamper down the other side and continue moving forward, firing their weapons. Several dead German soldiers are seen as the British troops overrun the German positions. British engineers and pioneers working with caterpillar tractors and shovels to build roads. Later, trucks are seen using a new road. In the meantime U.S. troops are seen arriving to commence their assault on Hill 609. It begins with long range artillery firing from camouflaged positions and shells exploding all over on Hill 609. It continues into the night. View of soldiers in artillery headquarters, under a tent illuminated by lanterns. Long sequence of nighttime artillery fire. Medical Corps doctors treating wounded as the nighttime artillery barrages continue. U.S. infantry digging in after taking Hill 609. View of American soldiers walking up Hill 609. View of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery consulting with staff officers in the field. British 8th Army commander, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, looking through binoculars as he stands with staff members at the front. Scene shifts to U.S. airmen arming machine guns on a parked P-38 fighter plane. Others roughly handling bombs to be placed into U.S. bombers. Bomber with nose art of devil riding a bomb and name "Hell a Poppin." Air crews arrive by jeeps at their B-25 Mitchell bombers and others arrive at their B-17 bombers. View of B-25 number 41-13202 named "Idaho Lassie" of the 321st BG, 445th BS, 12th Air Force. Engines running on bombers and on a British spitfire fighter plane. Formations of Allied aircraft, including B-24 liberator bombers, Martin B-26 Marauder bombers, British spitfire fighters, and B-17 Flying fortress bombers. British and American armor moving forward firing guns. French artillery firing and French infantry advancing. French machine gunners in white hats. U.S. B-24 Liberator aircraft dropping bombs. German fighter planes attacking allied bomber formations. Gunners in the bombers firing at them. Gun camera view of German fighter being shot down. More views of Allied aircraft bombing and strafing. Map shows American forces reaching Bizerte, the British capturing Tunis and German forces split and defeated.

Date: 1943
Duration: 11 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033513
Early pictures of American General George S Patton in Africa during World War II.

'The Big Picture' episode narrated by Ronald Reagan depicts the life of U.S. General George S Patton, Jr. Opening scene shows General George S. Patton, Jr. stepping from a landing craft in France, during World War 2. He stands by the side of a road and waves, as elements of his 3rd Army pass in tanks. Patton in a jeep moving with his troops. General Patton pointing with a baton, in North Africa. View of a world globe being circled by a satellite. A baby picture of Patton (called "Georgie"). Patton seen as a boy, fencing, as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, and as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. A smiling Patton at West Point. Members of the first football team for soldiers established by Patton. Renault tanks of the 1st Tank Battalion moving with AEF soldiers in World War I. Tank commander George Patton standing in front of a Renault tank. Group picture of American soldiers and tanks, at the Tank School, in Fort Meade, Maryland, after World War I. Closeup of Dwight D. Eisenhower and George S. Patton, in the group. Patton and his wife, Beatrice Banning Ayer, in Old West costumes, for a party, where he displays a pistol in his belt, and in costumes for another party, where they dress as a knight and his lady on horseback. American recruits and draftees being issued uniforms in World War 2. Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. commanding forces for the invasion of North Africa, in November, 1942. U.S. Navy warships fire their guns in advance of an amphibious landing. Landing craft heading toward shore. U.S. troops coming ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco. General Patton accompanied by French officers. Glimpse of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at their conference in Casablanca in 1943. Patton riding in an armored car with three-star flag displayed. Artillery firing in battle of Tunisia. Lt. Gen. Patton and others observing operations. British General, Sir Harold Alexander, steps from a light airplane to meet with General Patton in North Africa. They converse. Patton and another officer looking through binoculars from a ridge by the village of El Guettar, as allies engage German troops and armor from the 10th Panzer Division. M3 Lee tanks moving in the desert. Knocked out tanks of the German 10th Panzer Division. General Patton coming aboard an American warship, and then standing with an Italian officer and a U.S. Major General. Allied naval bombardment at night. Patton observing though binoculars. Allied warships bombarding Sicily. Allied amphibious forces heading ashore in landing craft. Troops moving ashore. Closeup of troops in a landing craft. Glimpse of Patton in a landing craft. Troops walking across floating dock from a landing ship. U.S. flag flying in sand at beachhead. Landing ships in background. General Patton stepping ashore from small boat, and conversing onshore with a Brigadier General and some troops.

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033594