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WWII - 1943, North Africa & Sicily: US Senators Visit; Patton Lands In Sicily; Bastille Day, Algiers

Reel Number: 220903-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1943,1940s

Country: Algeria,France,Italy,Senegal,USA

Location: North Africa,Sicily

TC Begins: 03:11:51

TC Ends: 03:21:02

Duration: 00:09:11

WWII - 1943, North Africa & Sicily: US Senators Visit; Patton in Sicily; Bastille Day, Algiers US Senators Chandler & Mead being served food at chow line. Senators Russell & Brewster splash in surf w/ 2 Red Cross women on beach in North Africa; on dock by ship; shaking hands w/ troops. 03:13:14 General Patton Landing In Italy Gela, Sicily - General Patton aboard Sicilian landing command ship smoking cigar; down landing net into assault barge & towards beach. 03:14:24 Algiers, Algeria. 17Jul43 Bastille Day Parade w/ marching band & Colonial troops (Harkis?); Senegalese troops. Crowd of French spectators. De Gaulle w/ Robert Murphy watches parade. Tanks. Arab cavalry. Free French troops. Civilians march carrying French flag - some Arabs amongst them. Lovely pan shot of crowd waving at camera. Troops with beret parade. Crowd movement to follow parade; crowd passes under large sign in French “Algiers, capital of the Empire” with ship logo. WW2; French Colonial Soldiers; Blacks; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.

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