Royal Air Force 33 Squadron in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II. A Royal Air Force heavy bomber Consolidated B-24 Liberator in flight. Aerial view of Tunis city. Royal Air Force medium bomber B-25 Mitchell stationary at an airfield. Crew members move towards the bomber.
Royal Air Force 33 Squadron in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II. A British bomber aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the city. A harbor being bombed. Smoke rises due to explosion. Bomb explodes. Aerial view of the harbor and damaged ships. Aerial view of burning harbor and ships.
U.S. soldiers march towards Allied positions in North Africa during World War II. U.S. soldiers march in a single file. A Turkish Military General reviews American Military Police honor guard. Turkish General and aides. The Turkish General salutes. General George S Patton Junior decorates U.S. soldiers. The General pins a Purple Heart on Colonel TTJ Williams, Assistant Chief of Staff. He pins Silver Stars on Major John H. Gruver (middle) and Major (Chaplain) Leon Gorsline, II Corps for "entering areas abandoned by US troops and destroying equipment under heavy fire from the enemy" in the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze). A soldier records in a notebook.
American troops buy chicken from Arab sellers in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II. Troops cut chicken and prepare its stew for dinner.
American troops, in North Africa, board ships going to Italy during Operation Avalanche. Film opens showing front gate of Karouba Aviation Maritime base in Tunisia during the American occupation in World War 2. An American flag is displayed and the gate is guarded by two Navy shore patrolmen. A jeep drives past the gate inside the base. An army MP also stands near the entrance. A jeep carrying two U.S. soldiers exits the gate. Scene shifts to the Tunis port, where many U.S. troops are assembling on the docks, next to landing craft infantry (LSIs). One column of soldiers begins walking one at a time up a gangplank to board an LSI. More soldiers are seen arriving at a courtyard at the waterfront and then heading toward the loading docks. Views of one column of soldiers showing their identifications to two monitors who check them of a list of troops. Two soldiers show up carrying a bale of hay. They are followed by soldiers herding pack animals. Soldiers must struggle with some of the animals to get them to board an LSI. A small black dog walks near some of the pack animals. View from entrance of an LSI as soldiers board from the gangplank. View from side of a gangplank where soldiers are pushing and pulling a reluctant burro up the plank. They have much trouble getting several animals aboard. Another group of soldiers tries using light wooden switches to prod their animals. Groups of soldiers and sailors work together to herd resisting animals aboard.
U.S. Army infantry soldiers with guns walking toward the front in Tunisia North Africa. Soldiers walking through irregular roads and open terrain. Several soldiers walking through rough roads. Few soldiers using a field phone and other infantrymen eating food. The foot troops head towards the mountains followed by an army jeep. (World War II period).
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