Fighting French

Fighting French Army - Navy Screen Magazine #17 Burning battleship Dunkerque & Strasbourg, scuttled at dock & in harbor at Toulon ca 27Nov42. Battleship Richelieu in NYC harbor & East River going under Brooklyn Bridge. Aboard ship & cleaning after refitting in drydock. Sailors working, singing, on deck, talking w/ Catholic Father. Firing guns. 05:02:05 Plate Patrie on ship. Sailors have formal ceremony on deck. Long shot of Battleship Richelieu w/ camouflage paint in MS on water steaming ahead sailing to Europe. 05:02:35 Black troops from French Martinique trained in New Jersey, issued rifles. Training on mortars, obstacle course in field. Firing live ammunition w/ machine guns & rifles. 05:03:38 French airmen arrive from Africa on US dock, w/ full packs. Arriving at aerial gunnery school in Florida. Sign: French Air Force Squadron. US airman talks w/ French airman in english where did you come from, etc. Firing guns in planes in training. Graduation Day w/ Americans & French getting wings together on airstrip. Alex Bishop has wings pinned on. 05:05:27 Henry ?? (Chavignon?) from Rochefort getting wings. WWII Allies; Allied Forces; Training; Homefront - USA; WW2; 1943; 1940s;