WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES, NORTH AFRICA ; GENERAL HENRI GIRAUD CONFERS LEGION OF HONOR ON GEN EISENHOWER, ALGIERS, NORTH AFRICA ; GEN CHARLES DE GAULLE MEETS GEN HENRI GIRAUD, ALGIERS, ALGERIA ; NORTH AFRICAN SCENES, WW II Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1003 111 SOURCE : AFCF Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives DN & APC MP, Silent, 975' 1003-1 WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES, NORTH AFRICA 29-30 May 1943, 3 June 43 (M=92) MS, Churchill walks thru crowd at airport. Churchill inspects knocked=out German tank. Gen Anderson, Sir Alan Brooke point out various parts of the tank. CU, Churchill and Gen George C Marshall chat. CU, Churchill and Gen Eisenhower. MS, Anthony Eden, Sir Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill, Gen George C Marshall and Gen Dwight D Eisenhower seated around table, chat. MS, Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill and Sir Alan Brooke seated on top of stairway talk to correspondents. GENERAL HENRI GIRAUD CONFERS LEGION OF HONOR ON GEN EISENHOWER ALGIERS, NORTH AFRICA Record Group 111 2 June 43, (M=92) Accession Number III-NAV-210 VS, Eisenhower and Giraud inspect Allied troops. Gen Giraud confers Grand Legion of Honor on Eisenhower. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY FB/ke Signal Corps ADC 1003 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives DN & APC MP, Silent, 9751 1003-2 GEN CHARLES DE DAULLE MEETS GEN HENRI GIRAUD, ALGIERS, AIGERIA 30 May 1943 (M-92) MS, Gen De Gaulle arrives at Benfarick Airdrome, steps out. of the plane and is greeted by Gen Giraud. MS, Gens Giraud and De Gaulle. VS, Gen de Gaulle and Giraud inspect French Honor Guard. Gen de Gaulle greets French officers. NORTH AFRICAN SCENES, WW II (703) LS, ship in harbor is hit and burns while bombs fall nearby. Several shots of damaged ship with American soldiers looking at the damage. AVs, American bombers in flight dropping bombs onto enemy position. HSs, bomb explosions below; one plane falls to earth with engine burning. Short scs, American soldiers examine destroyed Red Cross train. Record Group 111 Int & Ext, damage on train. Accession Number III-NAV-210 Short scs, natives clear away debris under direction of American soldiers. Short ses, American troops at attention along railway yards. VS, French troops march along railway station, board flatcars loaded with equipment. American tanks on landing craft. Soldiers seated on top of tanks; several of them eat, others wave. Short scene, French officer examines Negro's (soldier) machete. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY FB/ke

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities