- Title: V-2376
- Summary: AT THE FRONT: COLOR WWII FOOTAGE OF BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA. ACTUAL BATTLE FOOTAGE AS ALLIES DRIVE TO TUNISIA, ALLIED TANKS BATTLE GERMAN PANZER UNITS, NAZI DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK ALLIED POSITIONS
- Description:00:01:05 - CAMELS WITH ARAB RIDERS WALKING ACROSS DESERT. U.S. ARMY HALF-TRACK ARMORED VEHICLE WITH THREE GIS MANNING MACHINE GUNS PASS ON ROAD IN FRGD. 00:01:15 - REAR VIEW TANK. PART OF TANK CONVOY HEADING FOR TUNISIAN FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA 00:01:25 - POV VEHICLES FOLLOWING BEHIND. SHADOW OF GIS ON TANK SPEEDING BY. 00:01:40 - VARIOUS VIEWS AMERICAN TRANSPORT PLANES IN FLIGHT 00:02:01 - CU TANK THREADS AS IT ROLLS ALONG ON ROAD. 00:02:11 - SIGN WITH ARROWS: "GHARDIMAOU, SOUK AHRAS". 00:02:16 - PART OF ARMED CONVOY ARMY TRUCK PASSES OVER BRIDGE. FOLLOWED BY GI MOTORCYCLE TROOPS. 00:02:26 - PAN MOUNTAINOUS REGION. NATIVE PEOPLE WALK ALONG ROAD AS TANKS PASS. 00:03:14 - TITLE: "TANK BIVOUAC AREA CAMOUFLAGED FOR THE NIGHT". 00:03:19 - TANK CREWS CAMOUFLAGING THEIR TANKS. GI USES BRANCH TO WIPE TANK TRACKS FROM ROAD. 00:03:24 - CU VIEW HIDDEN TANK BEDDED DOWN FOR THE NIGHT. 00:03:45 - GI GIVES OTHER SHAVE WITH STRAIGHT RAZOR. 00:04:11 - SMALL ARAB BOYS & MEN WITH RIFLES LEAD AMERICAN PARATROOPS BACK TO THEIR LINES AFTER SUCCESSFUL NIGHT RAID ON ENEMY POSITIONS. 00:04:21 - PAN GIS LIE DOWN FOR REST ALONG ROADSIDE WITH ARAB FRIENDS. 00:04:31 - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN HALF-TRACKS, JEEPS & TANKS RIDING ALONG NORTH AFRICAN ROADS & THROUGH VILLAGES. 00:05:07 - VARIOUS SHOTS TANKS WITH GIS ON TOP CROSS OVER STEEL TRUSS BRIDGE GUARDED BY FRENCH SOLDIERS. 00:06:35 - TWO P-38 FIGHTER PLANES PROVIDING AERIAL UMBRELLA FOR TANK CONVOY FLY OVERHEAD. 00:06:55 - TITLE: "SOUK-EL-KHEMIS, ALLIED HOSPITAL TRAIN IS PERFECT MILITARY OBJECTIVE FOR THE NAZIS". 00:07:00 - PAN DESTROYED TRAIN 00:07:10 - CU RESCUE WORKER WIPES DEBRIS OFF TOP OF TRAIN WHICH WAS PLAINLY MARKED WITH RED CROSSES. 00:07:20 - BRITISH SOLDIERS POSE THROUGH WINDOWS OF DESTROYED PASSENGER CARS. 00:07:30 - TWO FRENCH WORKERS POSE MAKING VICTORY SIGN WITH FINGERS. 00:07:35 - CU SIGN ON TRAIN WRITTEN IN CHALK: "OUR BLUE BIRD", BOMBED AND MACHINE GUNNED BUT STILL KICKING". 00:07:50 - GIS BUY LIVE CHICKENS FROM ARAB TRUCK. 00:07:55 - GI RIDES SMALL DONKEY. 00:08:00 - ONE GI HOLDS CHICKEN AT ARMS LENGTH AS ANOTHER LOPS OFF ITS HEAD WITH MACHETE. 00:08:07 - ABOVE VIEW GI WITH HELMET ON BUTCHERS SEVERAL CHICKENS ON TABLE. 00:08:12 - CU GI'S HAND TURNS CHICKEN PARTS ON OPEN BARBECUE. 00:08:22 - COLORFUL HORIZON AT SUNDOWN, GI GUARD SILHOUETTED 00:08:40 - CU ROAD SIGN WITH ARROWS AND DISTANCES: "QUED ZARGA 26, TUNIS 101, ETC." 00:08:45 - VARIOUS VIEWS TANK CREW RIDING TANKS AS THEY ADVANCE ON ROADS AND FIELDS. 00:09:00 - TANKS, JEEPS, HALF-TRACKS ZIG ZAG THROUGH ROAD BARRICADES ERECTED BY FRENCH. 00:09:10 - EACH VEHICLE IN CONVOY OF TANKS KEEP DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AS THEY CROSS TUNISIAN FRONTIER. 00:09:55 - TITLE: "A LONLEY CHURCH ON THE HILL NEAR OUED ZARGA" 00:10:00 - VARIOUS VIEWS QUAINT OLD CHURCH IN MIDDLE OF FIELD WHICH WAS BOMBED & SHELLED 00:10:10 - VARIOUS VIEWS DAMAGE OUTSIDE & INSIDE CHURCH. 00:10:20 - PAN LARGE SHELL HOLES IN WALLS. 00:10:25 - DAMAGED RELIGIOUS FRESCA 00:10:34 - TITLE: "NAZI AIRPOWER STRIKES AT ALLIED FORCE AIRPORT AT SOUK-EL-ARBA" 00:10:41 - NAZI DIVE BOMBER COMES OUT OF SKY. DIVES LOW OVER TARGET ON AIRFIELDS, DROPS BOMB. 00:10:51 - HUGE BALL OF INTENSE FLAME AND BLACK SMOKE RISE FROM BOMBED TARGET. GROUND CREWMEN RUNNING ON FIELD IN BKGD. 00:11:10 - COLUMNS OF BLACK SMOKE AS FUEL DEPOT IS HIT. 00:11:11 - NAZI DIVE BOMBER PLUNGES DOWNWARD AT HIGH SPEED 00:11:16 - HUGE EXPLOSION FROM BOMB 00:11:21 - GI KNEELS DOWN ON ONE KNEE, FIRES HIS SUB-MACHINE GUN AT DIVE BOMBERS. 00:11:29 - FIRE & BLACK SMOKE ON LARGE AREA OF AIRPORT FROM ATTACK. 00:11:34 - NAZI DIVE BOMBER DIVING DOWNWARD FROM SKY 00:11:44 - BOMB EXPLODING. 00:11:58 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS PLACE BLANKETS OVER WOUNDED & DEAD 00:12:08 - WOUNDED RAF PILOT HELPED BY TWO COMRADES. SHELL-SHOCKED SOLDIER IS HELPED ALONG BY TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS. 00:13:00 - CASUALTIES ON STRETCHERS ARE PLACED IN ARMOURED AMERICAN AMBULANCE. 00:13:36 - SQUADRON OF NAZI DIVE BOMBERS IN FLIGHT. 00:13:46 - CU GI POINTS SKYWARD & YELLS, "HERE THEY COME AGAIN". 00:13:51 - BOMBS EXPLODING, PLANE DIVING, BOMB DROPPING 00:14:01 - SIGNAL CORPS CAMERAMAN TAKING SHOTS OF THE ACTION. 00:14:06 - TWIN ENGINE NAZI PLANE DIVING LOW TOWARDS CAMERA, DROPPING BOMB, PASSING OVERHEAD. 00:14:25 - PAN TO EXPLODING BOMB. 00:14:37 - BRITISH TRUCK ON FIRE. 00:14:42 - TWO GIS IN LARGE FOXHOLE FIRE MACHINE GUNS & RIFLE AT DIVING PLANES. 00:14:52 - PAN FIRE AND SMOKE. 00:14:57 - GI KNEELS ON ONE KNEE TAKES FILM OF ATTACKING PLANES. 00:15:07 - CU PAN HUGE BOMB CRATER WITH SOLDIERS AROUND IT & FIRES BLAZING IN BKGD. 00:15:25 - PAN HUGE WALL OF BLACK SMOKE. 00:15:35 - TITLE: "UNESCORTED & UNARMED AMERICAN TRANSPORT PLANES LOADED WITH AMMUNITION & GASOLINE MAKE DARING LONG DISTANCE FLIGHT TO REPLENISH DESTROYED SUPPLIES". 00:15:40 - SQUAQDRONS OF ARMY TRANSPORT PLANES IN FLIGHT, LANDING AT DEVASTATED AIRFIELD 00:16:09 - TITLE: "CAPTURED ITALIAN PARATROOPERS SEEM VERY DEPRESSED AT BEING SAFELY OUT OF THE WAR". 00:16:14 - ITALIAN PRISONER WAVES, SMILES AT CAMERA. WELCOMES AMERICANS TO NORTH AFRICA. 00:16:24 - VARIOUS VIEWS VERY HAPPY-LOOKING ITALIAN CAPTURED PARATROOPERS. ONE DOES SOMERSUALT FOR CAMERA. 00:16:56 - GI HOLDS UP CRUDE SIGN ON WOODEN BOARD: "NOV. 26, 1942, THANKSGIVING, QUAM-EL-AGUAREB, NA." 00:17:01 - CU GLASS OF RED WINE SITTING ON AMERICAN STAR INSIGNIA. 00:17:06 - GIS RUN AFTER FLOCK OF NOISY TURKEYS TRYING TO GRAB FEW AT TURKEY FARM. 00:17:16 - GROUP OF GIS & ARAB FARMER WATCH AS FARMHAND BRINGS LIVE TURKEY. HANDS IT T GI. 00:17:21 - GI SPRINKLES SALT ON TURKEY'S TAIL AS THEY POSE WITH FARMER. 00:17:26 - SIGN WITH ARROWS ON CORNER OF HOUSE: "TUNIS 57, BEJA 44, LEKEF 110". 00:17:26 - KNEELING TANKMAN ROLLS UP DETAILED WAR MAP AS CONVOY NEARS ENEMY HELD TERRITORY. 00:17:45 - OTHER GIS ROLLING UP MAPS 00:18:00 - CONVOY TANKS & JEEPS, MOVE OUT. 00:18:14 - TITLE: "THE BATTLE OF TEBOURBA. NIGHT PATROLS HAVE REVEALED THE EXISTENCE OF NAZI PANZER COLUMN IN VALLEY SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN. AT DAWN OUR TANKS DEPLOY FOR BATTLE" 00:18:19 - VAROUS SCENES TANKS GATHERING ON HORIZON GET INTO POSITION FOR BATTLE. 00:18:30 - CU BATTLE MAP SHOW GERMAN PAZZER UNITS AS RED ARROWS & ALLIED TANKS AS BLACK ARROWS COMING FROM MEDJEZ-EL-BAB & MOVING FOR RENDEZEVOUS TOWARDS AT TEBOURBA. 00:19:35 - VARIOUS SCENES ARMORED VEHICLES MOVING TOWARDS FORWARD POSITION. 00:20:02 - AMERICAN LIGHT TANK MOVES TOWARD BATTLE AREA. 00:20:15 - P-38 FIGHTERS FLYING OVERHEAD MOVE AHEAD OF ADVANCING FORCES. 00:20:35 - BRITISH "SPITFIRE" GUARDING ROAD FLIES OVERHEAD. 00:20:45 - SIGN WITH ARROW POINT TO "TUNIS". 00:20:50 - BRITISH SCOUT CAR WITH TWO SOLDIERS ON TOP DRIVES BY. AMERICAN HALF-TRACK FOLLOWS. 00:21:04 - TITLE: "ALLIED FORCE ARTILLERY GOES INTO ACTION ON THE ROAD THAT LEADS FROM MEDJEZ-EL-BAB TO TEBOURBA 00:21:09 - GI STANDING ON ROAD LOOKS DOWN AT ALLIED ARTILLERY UNITS IN FIELD. 00:21:19 - VARIOUS VIEWS BRITISH ARTILLERY UNITS FIRING 00:21:29 - BLACK SMOKE INDICATE HIT ON SUPPLY DUMP. 00:21:39 - VARIOUS SHOTS GIS LAYING ON GROUND BEHIND EVERY TREE & SHRUB AWAITING ORDERS TO ADVANCE 00:22:39 - ABOVE VIEW ACTUAL BATTLEFIELD WITH GERMANS & ALLIES 00:22:49 - LINE OF ALLIED TANKS IN DISTANCE MOVING TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:22:59 - SMOKE RISES FROM BRITISH AMMUNITION TRUCK HIT BY ENRMY FIRE. 00:23:09 - VARIOUS SHOTS TANKS & GIS IN INTENSE BATTLE. 00:23:19 - VIEW OF BATTLEFIELD. 00:23:29 - VIEW FROM HILL OVERLOOKING BATTLEFIELD OF GERMAN MARK IV TANKS IN FIELD ALONG WITH HAY PILES CONCEALING GERMAN "88" ARTILLERY GUNS 00:23:57 - TITLE: "THE GERMANS RETREAT" SUPERIMPOSED OVER NAZI SWASTIKA 00:24:02 - GERMAN LINES AS SEEN FROM HILL SHOWING ALLIED ARTILLERY BURSTS 00:24:12 - GERMAN TANK SPINS AROUND DISABLED AFTER BEING HIT. 00:24:22 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN RECEIVING DIRECT HIT FROM ALLIED ARTILLERY. DIRECT HIT ON ENEMY "88" GUN POSITION. 00:24:45 - TWO GI GUARDS TAKEN PRISONER. 00:26:09 - TITLE: "NAZI PRISONERS, MEMBERS OF AFRIKA KORPS" 00:26:14 - GROUP OF PRISONERS WALKING ON ROAD WITH HANDS UP. ONE WITH WHITE FLAG. GERMAN POWS SEATED ON GROUND IN FIELD. 00:26:31 - TITLE: "NAZI PRISONERS DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH CAPTURED ITALIANS". 00:26:36 - GI GUARDS NAZI & ITALIAN PRISONERS KEPT SEPARATE. 00:26:46 - NAZI VETERAN AFRIKA CORP MEMBERS STANDING AROUND. 00:26:57 - TITLE: "NOT ALL GERMANS ARE PRISONERS". 00:27:02 - PAN GRAPHIC SCENE DEAD GERMAN SOLDIERS SCATTERD ON BATTLEFIELD. 00:27:20 - VARIOUS SCENES ARMY MEDICS REMOVING AMERICAN DEAD & WOUNDED FROM BATTLEFIELD. 00:28:05 - PAN VALLEY WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT. 00:28:15 - PAN HUGE RAINBOW ACROSS SKY TO SILHOUETTE OF AMERICAN GI LOOKING UP AT IT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-2376