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Tunisian Victory Reel-5
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keywords: wwii, north africa campaign, operation torch, operation gymnast, general dwight d. eisenhower, red cross, president franklin d. roosevelt, casablanca conference, kasserine pass, allied bomber nose art
Synopsis: Codename Torch - Allied Invasion Of North Africa as dug in Allied troops celebrate Christmas, President Roosevelt makes a surprise visit in January, The German "Desert Fox" General Erwin Rommel starts an armor offensive through the Kasserine Pass but is pushed back by an American counter-attack and the Allied plan for victory in the North Africa Campaign is illustrated...(read more)
- Date: 1942-1943
- Duration: 00:11:11
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: North Africa
Tunisian Victory Reel-5
Operation Torch. The Allied invasion of French North Africa November 8, 1942 had rapidly fought their way across Tunisia is now dug-in for the winter in the Dorsal, an extension of the Atlas Mountains near Tunis, Tunisia.
Shows Church bells ringing at churches and cathedrals around the world. It is Christmas 1942 for the Allied Forces on the front in Tunisia, North Africa. Shows mail call for the troops. Shows the soldiers opening mail and packages from back home. Shows soldiers in chow line and eating a Christmas meal.
Shows General Eisenhower eating while standing next to his automobile. Pets are fed. Soldiers give Arab children (kids) candy. The Red Cross gave the Arab children milk. Soldiers sightsee and try to ride a camel.
President Roosevelt pays a surprise visit to the troops in North Africa in January 1943 as he reviewed the troops while riding in a jeep. Prime Minster Churchill arrives for the Casablanca Conference, code name Symbol. Scenes of the exterior of the Anfa Hotel location of the Casablanca Conference. Personages shown were: President Roosevelt, Prime Minster Churchill, General Charles de Gaulle, General Henri Giraud, American General Eisenhower, British General Alexander, British Admiral Cunningham and RAF Air Marshal Tedder. Shows Churchill arriving by plane in Tripoli, Libya and greeting British General Montgomery.
Animated map shows the British, French, and American battle lines. In the north the British 1st Army, in the center the French Army commanded by General Giraud, and in the south the American Forces. Further south the British 8th Army faced Rommel's Mareth Line, a system of fortifications built by the French in southern Tunisia prior to the fall of France. The British 8th Army was anchored by a Fighting Free French Army. Shows and describes Rommel's battle harden army, tanks, and latest Luftwaffe planes.
Animated map shows Rommel's offensive that carried the Germans through the Kasserine Pass and within sight of Tebessa, the Allied supply base in southern Tunisia. Allied counterattacks drove Rommel back and the American forces re-occupied the Kasserine Pass. Rommel then attacked the British 8th Army. The British using a new 17-pounder anti-tank gun destroyed 52 German Tiger tanks. Shows burning German Tiger tanks.
Animated map illustrates General Eisenhower's plan for the final defeat of Germany in North Africa. Shows General Eisenhower, General Doolittle, and General Carl Spaatz. Nose art on U.S. bombers, "Pluto", "Yankee Doodle", "Jersey Jackass", "Alice the Goon", "fancy Pants".
- Related Titles:
- Tunisian Victory ** full title, 8-reels **
- Tunisian Campaign
- At The Front In North Africa
- Desert Victory
- Allied Offensive - North Africa 1943
- American Forces - French Morocco North Africa
