WWII - 1943, USA Newsreel: North African Fighting; Prisoners; General Eisenhower & Montgomery

WWII - 1943, USA Newsreel: North African Fighting; Prisoners; General Eisenhower & Montgomery Intertitle: Axis Doomed In Africa. Men pushing crates ashore on conveyor built on jetty from landing craft; loading truck; stacking ammunition in desert. Formation of planes above w/ much anit-aircraft flak / ack-ack. Plane hit & on fire, falling into ground. 15:16:46 Night w/ artillery & tracer fires 15:16:56 Morning on desert & soldiers in trench sharing match for cigarettes, duck & explosions nearby. Tanks ahead, abandoned artillery, empty trenches. 15:17:22 General Eisenhower shakes hands w/ British Field Marshal Montgomery, pose MCU. 15:17:33 Pilot fastening flying cap, tilt down to markers on plane. Row of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft taking off, flying low overhead. Aerial from low over convoy of army trucks crossing desert. Tanks past waving Europeans in North Africa. Marching troops. 15:18:06 Twin engine plane dropping bombs; aerials of explosions. Soldiers inspecting bomb damage of large buildings, harbor & sunken ships. Crane raising ?? from water. Waving troops in desert; tank crews meeting in desert & trading cigarettes & helmets. CU shaking hands. LS of military convoy crossing desert; Axis prisoners taken. CU feet, socks, boots. WW2; Military; Fighting; North Africa; Mareth Line, Tunisia; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Fair quality but good action. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk