HD Historic Stock Footage WWII Color - FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA - ALGERIA - TUNISIA - TEBOURBA

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True HD Direct Film Transfers - NO UPCONVERSIONS! http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/titles/pd_dc_390.php At The Front in North Africa - World War II color Color footage of the Desert War waged in Algeria and Tunisia in WWII during November and December 1942. Authentic footage of an actual tank battle between American tanks and a German Panzer column in a valley southeast of Tebourba. Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion pass in review in honor of the American Forces. Guards in the traditional uniform of the Legionnaires, Arab Calvary Troops on white horses. Two officers, one an American, one a Frenchman watch parade. Allied Force Headquarters Algiers. Lt. General Mark Clark, Lt. General Kenneth N. Anderson, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Admiral Jean Darlan review troops en-route to the Tunisian front. Robert Murphy, United States Minister To North Africa, speaks with General Mark Clark. American M3 "General Grant" tanks on invasion landing barges or tank landing craft at Algiers Harbor. Scenes of Allied ship convoy bound for the Harbor at Bone,Tunisia. Shows tanks and supplies being unloaded from tank landing craft and ships at the Port of Bone,Tunisia. Shows German air attack on the City of Bone, civilians run for cover. Close-up British sailor firing anti-aircraft gun. Shows British Spitfire taking off to engage German planes, two P-38 Lightning fighters pass overhead. Shows German plane in dive, scene of burning crash site. Shows bomb damaged buildings in the City of Bone, Tunisia. Children giving "V for victory" sign. Shows wreckage of Nazi planes shot-down in dogfight in German air attack on City of Bone Tunisia. Scenes of American military vehicles in convoy in the Atlas Mountain range east of Souk Ahras. Tanks climbing grade in the Atlas Mountains. Shows camouflaged tank bivouac area, soldier getting a shave at bivouac area. Shows American paratroopers being guided back to their lines by friendly Arabs after night raid on enemy positions. Footage of Half-track armored personnel carrier, M3 tanks, jeep, and motorcycles leave bivouac area, crossing bridge. Flight of two P-38 Lighting fighters in flight overhead as cover for convoy. Souk-El-Khemis, aftermath of Nazi bombing and strafing attack on American hospital train with Red Cross markings on top of cars. Sign written on side of train car after attack: "Our Blue Bird, Bombed and machined gunned to hell, but still kicking!". Americans interacting with Arabs, buying chickens, riding donkey, cleaning and cooking chicken. Shows tank convoy as it leaves Algeria and crosses the Tunisian border. A lonely church on a hill near Oued Zarga Tunisia, interior shows bomb and shell damage. German planes attack airport at Souk-El-Arba, soldiers firing machine guns, American half-track flying Red Cross flag serves as ambulance. Another flight of German planes attack. Shows a burning British Lorry. Americans in gun emplacement firing anti-aircraft gun at German planes. Shows flight of American transport planes bring in new supplies. Shows smiling captured Italian paratroopers that are pleased to be safely out of the war. Thanksgiving celebration Nov 26, 1942 at Oum-El-Aguareb North Africa, wine glass on white American star, soldiers chase a flock of turkeys. Shows soldiers rolling up war maps. Shows tanks dispersed across desert, officers and tank commanders looking at battle map. Tanks moving out to battle. Tank Battle Near Tebourba, Tunisia. Night patrols had revealed a Nazi Panzer column in a valley southeast of town. At dawn American tanks deploy for battle and move toward the forward positions. Shows American light tank, P-38's in flight, single British Spitfire in flight, British scout car advances followed by American half-track. Allied artillery goes into action on the road that leads from Medjez-El-Bab to Tebourba as British 25-pounder fire. Infantry take cover behind bushes and trees. Long shot from elevated position of the actual battlefield, tanks advancing forward, a British ammunition lorry is hit and burns. Shows German Mark IV tanks firing, concealed German 88mm anti-tank guns in straw covered barns firing at American tanks. Allied fire disables a German tank, shows direct hit on Nazi 88 mm gun position in straw covered barn. German forces retreat, Nazi prisoners brought in under guard. Shows captured German Afrika Korps troops. Nazi prisoners do not associate with the captured Italians. Please visit our website for more historic film titles. http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/pd.html