1942 North Africa: Operation Torch 250171-09 | Footage Farm

If you wish to acquire broadcast quality material of this reel or want to know more about our Public Domain collection, contact us at info@footagefarm.co.uk [WWII - 1942, North Africa: Operation Torch] R2 of 2 Title: Oran - Ships off Algerian coast. Ships anti-aircraft guns firing. Warships lay down smoke screen. British & American soldiers down landing nets & into landing craft. CU soldier. Landing craft approaching shore - troops wade ashore, up beach. Roll artillery up beach w/ barrel painted: Slims Deadly Poison. 07:20:39 Locals line street overlooking harbor; smiling & waving to camera. 07:20:50 MCU Soldiers holding leaflet from President Roosevelt. American troops march past ORAN sign on restaurant (?); through streets. Military vehicles; horses; crowds around soldiers. US Generals (?) greeted. 07:21:24 French soldiers who had been fighting under Vichy - now prisoners of war / POWs assembled in square. 07:21:45 Title: Algiers. Pan Allied convoy at anchor in harbor. Arriving Allied troops marching across dock. US troops across field w/ flag & weapons, along road; tanks & jeeps & soldiers on foot along country roads. 07:22:34 Animated map pinpointing Alexandria in Egypt. 07:22:45 Allied fighter planes taking off from desert toward camera abreast w/ much dust. Aerial of bombers in flight; bombs dropped & falling away over desert. Explosions. B-24s in formation dropping bombs. GOOD. 07:23:43 British 8th Army artillery firing. Libya, battle scenes w/ tanks, armored cars, soldiers advancing. Wrecked German aircraft burning & wrecked. 07:24:28 Column of vehicles crossing flooded desert highway; along road. Supplies & equipment moving up towards front line. 07:24:41 Field Marshall Montgomery w/ British officer ??. 07:24:45 Thousands of captured Italian POWs marched across desert 07:24:59 Algeria - German officers under arrest out of building under American MP guard; walked across yard w/ barracks or ?? in background. 07:25:11 Axis 5th column civilian & military / spies rounded up for internment, out of Hotel. Locals make rude gestures as Axis prisoners loaded & taken away in trucks. 07:25:36 Crowd making V for victory signs as Allied trucks pass. 07:25:39 American medal ceremony. 07:26:06 Animated map showing Allied flight paths to Italy. Night aerials of the bombing of Italy & upcoming flak. GOOD. 07:26:54 The End. WW2; Battles; Fighting; Military Newsreel; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good coverage. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk