CASABLANCA CONFERENCE, FRENCH MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3069 111 SOURCE: AFCF (703-15P) Cardlof2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1428' ea Silent 3069-1 CASABLANCA CONFERENCE French Morocco, N Africa 14-26 Jan 43 MSs, ext, seated, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Gen George C Marshall and Admiral Ernest J King. Standing in back of them are General Henry H Arnold, Gen Brehon Somervell and Mr Averell Harriman. MS, Pres Roosevelt seated alongside of Gen Henri Giraud. Follow shots, somewhat shaky, Pres Roosevelt riding in jeep with Gen Mark W Clark and another US officer who cannot be identified. Pres troops line of motorized equipment and soldiers in jeep. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 3069 111 SOURCE: AFCF (703-15P) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1428' ea Silent 3069-2 CASABLANCA CONFERENCE (Cont'd) French Morocco, N Africa 14-26 Jan 43 President Roosevelt and Gen Giraud, seated on lawn; behind them are Mr Harry Hopkins and unidentifiable US Navy officer and French officer. Pres Roosevelt, seated at desk in open field, shakes hands of soldiers as they file past. Short scene, Pres seated in car as Gen Clark and other VIPs pass in fg. Pan from US cemetery marker to flag flying on pole. Excellent CUs, Pres Roosevelt seated with Gen Marshall and Adm King. CUs, Gens Arnold and Somervell. LSs, Pans, bldgs in city. NOTE: This material is a blow-up from 16mm Kodachrome. Footage retained for historical purposes. Quality poor. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities