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Allied supply ships at the Port of Tunis in Tunisia during World War II

Allied Sailors at the Port of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, during World War 2. Aerial view of the city of Tunis with buildings and roads. Allied supply ships at the Port of Tunis, Tunisia. Sailors on small boats move amongst the supply ships. A destroyer out in the bay signalling with a light. The port is busy with logistic activity.

Location: Tunis Tunisia
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065262
Scuttled ships and factory ruins at the Tunis Port.

Scuttled ships at the Tunis Port in Tunisia. Charred deck of a ship. Ruins of charred buildings and factories at the port. Hull of a sunken ship. Naval officers in a speed boat. Sailor walks past the rubble of damaged factory. Sign of the Tunis Port Depot. Wrecked ships and cranes in the background. A sailor stands before an iron gate.

Location: Tunis Tunisia Tunis Port
Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020449
Views of Tunis harbor filmed from a ship whose crew also demonstrates firing of ship's guns.

Montage of brief scenes in World War 2, around Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The first is view from a ship rising and falling with waves or swells in water, with sun setting in background. Next a high speed boat (perhaps a PT boat) is seen churning up large white wake as it speeds about in waters near Tunis. Closeup of a sailor (aboard the camera boat) manning a deck gun. He maneuvers the gun in various elevations and directions and then fires a round from it. Another crew member fires a tripod mounted Browning M 1919 air cooled 30 caliber machine gun. A third sailor fires a twin 20mm antiaircraft gun from a station atop the ship. A soldier fires his rifle from the ship's deck at sunset. Camera pans across widely spaced group of warships in the distance, and continues panning to show city of Tunis on the horizon. Now in Tunis harbor, the camera ship moves past a sunken ship with masts and funnel showing above water surface. Anchored transport ships silhouetted against light sky in the harbor. Stern view of a landing craft infantry. Huge explosion occurs in the water. An American soldier is seen on a sandy hill plunging the handle on a detonator. Views of waters turning rough in the area. Change of scene and time (water is extremely calm). A beached ship is seen in the harbor and several boats.

Location: Tunisia North Africa
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029014
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).

Location: Tunis Tunisia Tunis Port
Date: 1942, November 8
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020443
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.

Location: Tunis Tunisia
Date: 1942, November
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033508
Funeral procession of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali, in Tunisia.

Funeral of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. French tricolor flag at half staff atop a building. Tunisian and French flags at half staff atop another building. Photograph of Bey of Tunis, Ahmad II ibn Ali. Honor Guard of Tunisian mounted Lancers leads funeral procession. French Admiral Jean-Pierre Esteva steps from car and walks in front of formation of French sailors. He greets French naval officers and Tunisian officials, including successor Bey of Tunis, Muhammad VII al-Munsif. Tunisian tribesmen carry coffin as French and Tunisian officers stand at attention. Closeup of coffin and pallbearers as they pass the camera.

Location: Tunisia North Africa
Date: 1942, June
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053434
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