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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221693-01
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1940s,1944
Country: Algeria,Democratic Republic Of The Congo,Italy
Location: El Elia,Palermo,Sicily
TC Begins: 20:00:06
TC Ends: 20:16:09
Duration: 00:16:03
1944 - WWII, American Flags in Algeria & Sicily Large 48 star American flag at half-staff in El Elia, Algeria cemetery; British flag flying in background. MCU. 20:02:15 American flag at half-staff outside ?? (possibly Red Cross Building in Algiers) 20:02:38 USA flag flying from ornate building, multi-car tram past. Horse pulled wagon & cars & military vehicles past. Possibly St. George Hotel, Algiers. 20:03:11 Flag on pole in front of three story building on runway (Maison Blanche Airport in Algiers?) 20:03:41 Slate. USA, French (?), & British Air Force / RAF (?) flags flying on 3 flag poles. 20:04:21 Slate. Flag over tents of USA army encampment (Oran (?)). Soldier walks on raised sidewalk past. CU flag on pole. 20:05:30 Slate. Street scenes in Oran (?) w/ US & ?? flags limply flying on poles; electric bus & jeeps past. 20:06:01 Flag in breeze next to church; large field & city beyond, mountains w/ flat mesa behind Oran (?). 20:06:18 Flag over graves, city in background. (Oran?) pan over cemetery & army tents beyond. CU flag. Opposite shot of flag & church. 20:07:31 Flag by Army tent camp beyond sentry booth; seen past tents. (Oran?) 20:08:11 Arab boys on track w/ wood, soldiers along road. Flag beyond next to barracks. Several pans of tent cabins of army camp to flag in wind on pole. (Oran?) 20:09:34 View across Army camp tents w/ flag pole, wide green valley beyond. 20:10:33 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 26Apr44 Lt. W.R. Wilson. Sign at entrance to 206th Signal Depot Company w/ sentry posted. Mts behind. Volley ball game w/ soldiers, flag behind. Flag & soldiers past tents, railroad tracks & large building & other buildings behind; large mountains in background. 20:11:32 Sailors on small US naval ship (subchaser ?) in harbor, docked next to another, mts behind. Men cleaning ammunition. USA flag flying from balcony of building, sailors (wounded) & women on balcony. 20:12:08 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 28Apr44 Lt. Wilson. Sign: The Stars & Stripes on balcony w/ flag; Giornale above door. Another Italianate building w/ flag from balcony. American & British flags on Allied Control Commission (?) building. Flying from another unid. building balcony,. 20:13:03 Palermo harbor & US navy ships & amphibious float planes by airstrip. Unid. city location w/ mountains behind. 20:13:31 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 28Apr44 Lt. Wilson. City of Palermo from Monte Pellegrino w/ tall flag pole. 20:14:15 Flag outside stone (?) / stucco building w/ sign: Base Engineer Depot. Man walking past. 20:14:36 Subchasers in harbor w/ US flags, anti-aircraft artillery, sailors lower flags to half staff. 20:14:55 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 29Apr44 Lt. Wilson Flag over white crosses in US military cemeteries at Palmero & San Stefano. 20:15:44 US troops on parade in city, crowd watches from sidewalks. Unid building (airport?) w/ flags. WW2; Patriotism; Americana; Military Services; Color Film; 1940s; NOTE: Locations from NARA ARC description. Locations needs to be verified.