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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.
Ships underway at sea during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in World War II
Film begins showing a British Spitfire aircraft in flight overhead, viewed from a warship. Next the British aircraft carrier, HMS Formidable (67) is seen and an Atlanta class light cruiser nearby. A Corsair fighter plane circles the carrier and lands on it. It is followed by another that executes a missed approach, goes around and returns again to land. Two battleships are seen and then other warships and the carrier in the distance. A light cruiser is viewed from a following ship having twin guns in a forward turret. Several warships silhouetted against the sky in the distance. Near land, barrage balloons are seen in the sky. Several transport ships in the distance with barrage balloons above them. Ships headed toward a port with a city behind it.
Turmoil in London, England, after a German Blitz bombing attack in World War II
Scenes of destruction in London, England after German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg bombing attack (Blitz) on the city during World War 2. Night time views of bombed buildings and some being consumed by fire. Camera at ground level viewing dramatic scene upward, as it pans from left to right showing buildings in flames and with flaming pieces and sparks raining down. Views of firemen fighting fires using water hoses. Day time views as air raid wardens and civilians dig through the rubble. Scenes of London residents rescuing their chickens. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit British citizens in the streets outside of bombed buildings and talk to Londoners. Queen Elizabeth talks to a group of boys gathered in front of her.
News of President Franklin D.Roosevelt's death in London, England.
Three U.S. soldiers read a Daily Express newspaper at Grosvenor Square in London. The newspaper's headline announces the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. American flags can be seen hoisted at half mast on prominent government buildings like the U.S. Embassy, American Red Cross Rainbow building and others. U.S. soldiers and British civilians read newspapers at Leicester Square. American and British flags hoisted at half mast over other city buildings. Two U.S. soldiers look at a paper enclosed in a glass frame, showing picture of President Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S Truman. (World War II period).
Life in Germany before, during, and after World War 2, including rise of Nazi party and intolerance in Germany
Unrest in Germany in 1930's during crisis of unemployment and inflation that had followed after World War I. A closed and boarded-up German factory. Two barefooted, jobless German men sleep in a park. During Great Depression in the United States, a weary woman is seen walking through an alley and looking in garbage cans. Sign for Los Angeles California Leather Company seen on building behind her. Children play in streets of a slum area. In Germany, scene of boys in training in Hitler Youth and carrying shovels, then carrying rifles and learning low crawling and military attack techniques. German farmers plowing on farms. Several night scenes including Nazis and brownshirts on the march, burning of books. Secret police or Gestapo and soldiers escort a church priest or clergy out of a church. During time of rising anti-Jewish sentiment in Nazi-led Germany, scenes of abuse and Gestapo arrests of some German citizens such as Jewish people, suspected Communists, political foes, and others critical of the Nazi party. A group of people attack and beat Jewish people in streets. A parade by the Wehrmacht German troops. Rearmament of Germany in 1930's. Scenes from busy German munitions factories. A Junkers Stuka aircraft factory filled with planes being built. A German artillery factory. German Luftwaffe and Panzer attack. German tanks roll over landscape. Scenes at end of war of burning German cities. Women run through bomb-wrecked streets of devastated Berlin during an aerial bombing raid by Allied aircraft. One woman falls as she runs. A woman and children race for the doors of a bomb shelter in Germany. The bomb wrecked streets of Berlin heaped with rubble and wreckage. Elderly German man walks through ruins. Small locomotive train running carrying cars of cleared rubble. German civilian dig potatoes in gardens. German women stand atop a collapsed building pile and clear rubble with shovels. German man waters a newly planted garden with empty shells of wrecked buildings in background. Newspapers produced by M.G. seen in newspaper printing press and rolling off presses. Binding of booklets and magazines from a German printing press. Sculptured bust of Goethe superimposed over books written by Goethe and Schiller. A montage shows in contrast the peaceful life in Germany before war, and scenes again of war, with alternating, juxtaposed scenes: German police officer escorts children across a street, book burning by Nazis, Gestapo violent arrest of a German citizen who is being pushed and hauled away. A German football (soccer) match in a stadium. Cook serves food to a man. A man in a concentration camp tips a bowl to his mouth. German children playing in a pool. Then juxtaposed scene with German women and children racing for a shelter during an air raid in World War 2. Scenes of bomb explosions. A peaceful waterfall.
A United States M-5 Stuart light tank burns on the side of a road in Osterode, Germany.
A United States M-5 Stuart light tank burns on the side of a road in Osterode, Germany. A hole in the armor of the wrecked tank. U.S. Army soldiers stand near the smoking tank. A German 88mm gun is pushed to side of the road. Refugees move back into the city with their belongings. (World War II period).
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