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Military Newsreels 1942 Issue 10
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keywords: wwii, north africa campaign, algeria, port of oran, british 8th army, german afrika korps, vichy french soldiers, surrender leaflets
Synopsis: Defeat Of Erwin Rommel Afrika Korps In Africa, U.S. Troops Enter French Africa Port Of Oran...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:09:06
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: North Africa
Defeat Of Erwin Rommel Afrika Korps In North Africa
On the sands of Egypt the British 8th Army prepares for what history will record as the seventh (7th) battle for Liberia. CU of General Montgomery and Air Vice Marshall Cunningham. Soldiers of the British 8th Army prepare for battle, tanks and vehicles are fueled, shells loaded into tanks, belts of 50 cal bullets are loaded into tanks. Flashes from artillery barrage, line of British fighter planes take off approaching camera, Tanks advance across the desert, American and RAF aircraft bomb Rommel's Afrika Korps with tons of high explosives. Scenes of British anti-tank guns and heavy artillery firing.
Scots of the 51st Highland Division with bayonets fixed to rifles break through and advance. Scene of British tanks approaching camera at high speed, explosions in front of fast moving British tank. Point of view (pov) from inside British tank, German shell exploding in front of tank. Panning shot of German POWs, whole divisions of Italians abandoned by the Germans surrender. Battle Scene: British soldiers changing across the desert through the smoke of battle pass bodies of dead German soldiers and destroyed German tanks.
U.S. Troops Enter French Africa Port Of Oran
U.S. troops of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Armored Division capture Oran, Algeria. CU of U.S. troops in an assault boat. Shows U.S. troops wading ashore, beachhead at Oran. Shows wounded Vichy French soldiers being treated. Citizens greet American troops entering Oran. Shows leaflet message printed in French from President Roosevelt that was dropped on Oran prior to invasion. Shows Vichy French soldiers that surrendered. Paratroopers at Maison Blanche airfield. Shows American M7 Priest, self propelled howitzer, approaching camera. Road sign reads "Saint Cloud". U.S. Infantry moving down the coastal highway toward Tunisia. Jeep with dog riding on hood approaches camera.
