First Films - Bizerte Falls! Axis Crushed By Allied Power!

First Films - Bizerte Falls! Axis Crushed By Allied Power! GIs of Second Army Corps hiking toward camera along road over rolling hills. Armored units on roadside & moving up, fighting, LS of smoke in plain see from hilltop. Aerials over tanks lining desert & wrecked German tanks inspected. 11:18:55 Eisenhower looking at Nazi boobytraps. Quick shot of British 8th Army firing artillery, taking prisoners. Allies through town, citizens throw stars onto ground and stamp on them. These had to be worn by Jews under Vichy / Nazi occupation. General Montgomery riding thru street in jeep & saluting. Kids waving flags. Monty receiving bouquet & kisses. 11:19:45 Tank rolling across field, German plane overhead drops bomb; similar plane shot down. Another crashes in flames. Lake Bizerte & US firing on Nazi naval base w/ explosions. Troops moving up w/ rifles & bayonets. CU sign on entrance wall Bizerte. Troops march in (ca 07May43) alongside buildings w/ street fighting, tanks firing into buildings which crumble. 11:21:24 Truckloads of German prisoners surrendering. Nazi Generals questioned by American; soldiers questioned. POWs marched to rear carrying field packs. Large number herded by MPs through coiled barbed wire. Eating, laughing to camera. 11:22:38 Triumphal entry into Bizerte, crowds waving, V signs; happy faces, girls & women throwing flowers, Laughing GIs. Kids w/ V-signs. CU waving, cheering faces (GOOD). US, British & other flags waved. WWII government newsreel; Propaganda; 1940s; North African Battles; Fighting; WW2;