Animated map shows the advancement of American forces toward North Africa, being joined by British Naval forces near Gibraltar for Operation Torch. American and British allied naval fleets position at key locations near Oran, Algiers and at Casablanca for simultaneous attack. United States Navy fleet starts its attack after being fired upon by shore batteries of Vichy French forces at Casablanca, commencing the Naval Battle at Casablanca. Carrier aircraft swarm the skies above the harbor at Casablanca. Antiaircraft guns fired by Vichy French. Huge explosions in water and on ships. Guns aboard a battleships fired. The unfinished French battleship Jean Bart is hit by a U.S. battleship's 12 inch shell. The ship Jean Bart erupts in flame and emits heavy smoke. Several destroyed French ships in harbor at Casablanca.
Truck loaded with men passes by a field in French Guiana. Trucks and cars move on a road. A railroad track runs along the road. Men wearing hats, paddle railroad carts on the tracks using long bamboo. A guard sits on one of the cart.
Men talk to a prisoner at the Devil's Island prison in French Guiana. Guard opens legs cuffs of a prisoner. Several prisoners in the prison area. A prisoner with injured eye. Prisoners in their cells. Men carry a sick prisoner on stretcher. Patient examined by doctor using X-Ray machine. Sick prisoner operated by a surgeon. Chemist fills a bottle inside a laboratory.
Water breaks on rocks at shore in Devil's Island, French Guiana. A guard moves in yard of the Devil's Island prison. A prisoner draws water from well. A gravestone in a cemetery. Telegraph shack and transmitter, to which power is supplied by the prisoners turning hand cranks. Men send signal using reflectors. A man climbs ladder carrying something in his hands. A rope-way runs between two islands.
Natives pull a hand cart along a street at a village in Devil's Island, French Guiana. Men move through a thick forest. Men inspect banana trees. Point of view shot from large rowboat as crew works together rowing the boat. Close-up view on board of men rowing the boat. Laborers carrying supplies into a compound using yolked loads across their shoulders. Men (possibly prisoners) dig ground near shore, as a guard watches over them.
Soldiers of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) dig trenches at their Gondrecourt training area,in France during World War 1. They use picks and shovels as instructors look on. They dig to considerable depth. Views of the trenches lined with woven twigs and sand bags. The troops are then seen driving posts and stringing barbed wire barricades. Views of finished dense barbed wire defenses. (WWI; WW1)
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