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Tunisian Victory Reel-4

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keywords: wwii, north africa campaign, operation torch, operation gymnast, air-to-air combat, allied aircraft, luftwaffe aircraft, gun camera footage, war factories, religious services, christmas 1942

Synopsis: Codename Torch - Allied Invasion Of North Africa as heavy German resistance stalls the Allied drive to Tunis, heavy winter rains cause havoc for motorized and infantry units, Allied aircraft operating from captured airfields engage the German Luftwaffe in aerial combat while Allied ground units repair roads and landing strips as well as hauling supplies by mule...(read more)

Date: 1942-1943
Duration: 00:10:09
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: North Africa

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Tunisian Victory Reel-4

Tunisian Victory Reel-4

Operation Torch. The Allied invasion forces that landed in French North Africa November 8, 1942 had rapidly fought their way across Tunisia to within sight of Tunis, but was force to fall back to the mountains due to heavy German resistance on the ground and in the air. Allied forces dig-in near Tunis as heavy winter rains fall. Forward airfields are turned to mud and roads became running streams. Shows heavy bomber stuck in the mud. Animated map shows the stabilized battle lines with the Germans occupying the coastal plains and the Allied Forces the mountainous region to the west known as The Dorsal, an extension of the Atlas Mountains. Allied Forces held the mountain passes that was under constant attack by German forces during the winter. Shows Allied wounded on stretchers being transported by jeep and by aircraft. Shows Army nurse tending to the wounded on plane. Shows night patrols by British soldiers. British soldiers living in mud and cleaning their weapons. Mules are used to transport supplies.

With the airfields operational Allied aircraft engage the Luftwaffe in aerial combat. Shows RAF plane gun camera (GSAP) footage shooting down German aircraft. Sequence shots, CU of RAF pilot, cut to pilot's hand depressing button to fire machine guns, German plane trailing smoke, in dive, and exploding upon striking ground. Allied Liberator bombers and flying Fortresses bomb factories, industrial plants, and transportation systems in Italy, Sardinia, and Sicily to stop supplies from reaching Tunis. Waist gunner on Allied bomber firing at attacking German fighter planes as bombs fall from bomber.

Animated battle line map shows build-up of war material and equipment by Germans and Allied Forces. Shows factories and war plants in America and England producing weapons and equipment in ever increasing qualities. Shows a flight of P-38 fighter planes lead by a flying Fortress, roads being built, and airfields built with steel landing mats (Marsden matting) preparing for the coming battle for Tunis. Shows religious services being held Christmas 1942. Flashback to children of the Allied countries playing. Shows General Montgomery at church service on battle field.