Activities of German soldiers on the Tunisian front in North Africa during World War 2. Beginning of film shows several German infantrymen moving along a trench . German soldiers are crouched down in defensive positions in a section of the trench. One soldier is seen using a periscopic binocular to view beyond an earthen berm. At a campsite, one soldier looks through binoculars. a tent is in the background. He appears to have an MG 42 machine gun at his position. Another soldier climbs the steel tower of a windmill, while its rotor is spinning, to get a better look at Allied positions. American forces are raising dust as they maneuver, in the distance. German soldiers roll back coverings from their fox holes and emerge to man their defensive positions. One appears to have a Bren gun at his at his position. German artillerymen raise their field pieces from camouflaged places. One appears to be a 10 cm Kanone 17, and the other a lighter field piece. A soldier firing his MG 42 machine gun. German infantry casually advancing through an orchard. Glimpse of German soldier making annotations in some documents. Captured American prisoners of war, under guard, entering a trench as a temporary holding place. One of them is being assisted by two others. Scene shifts to destroyed British Crusader tanks in a field. German soldiers examine one closely. A white flag is placed next to it. More views of knocked out tanks. A soldier, standing next to one, unsheathes a long bladed knife and proceeds to sharpen it.
Activities of German soldiers on the Tunisian front in North Africa during World War II. German airplanes take off from a field. Firing and bombardment in the field. The airplanes fly in formation overhead. Smoke from firing in the field. The airplanes drop bombs on a target area. Anti-aircraft guns are fired at the airplanes.
Activities of German officials at the Tunisian front in North Africa during World War II. A German airplane in flight. The airplane lands on a field. A pilot comes out of the airplane. He meets officials. German officials including German Air Force General Albert Kesselring discuss amongst themselves. The pilot tells his experiences to the officials.
Various U.S. Navy ships and vessels at the Tunis Port in North Africa. U.S. Navy sailors transfer water from one barrel to the other. Sailors stand beside ships and equipment as they shift barrels. Man uses a hose to fill water into a can. A fire extinguisher lying next to the can. (World War II period).
Aerial view of hilly terrain with sparse vegetation. French troops on patrol, coming single file down a sloping path along a wire fence. Radioman with backback radio and antenna, stands by as officer uses the handset. Troops ,armed with rifles, patrol along river. View of palm trees growing on shoreline. A patrol moving along rugged stony path. Patrol leaders carrying French MAT-49 submachine guns.
Rugged terrain and mountain ranges. Trucks loaded with French soldiers drive through a hilly area. Trees in the background. Cattle and civilians walk on roads. Trucks drive on a curving road. The soldiers jump from the trucks and climb up a hill. A soldier looks down at ground. A truck drives through a village. Local civilians sit under a tree. Soldiers dig the ground with shovels. They pass stones in a brigade and construct a fortification. Loaves of bread loaded into the back of a truck. A boy serves bread to the soldiers. The soldiers cleanup and rest and relax under a tree near tents.
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