"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AFRICA--PRELUDE TO VICTORY

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"March of Time" Collection. 1934 - 1951. March of Time Documentary/Newsreel Films Relating to U.S. History, Government, Politics, Culture, and International Affairs. 1935 - 1953. AFRICA--PRELUDE TO VICTORY

1942

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Describes preparations for the invasion of North Africa. Reel 1 explains why French commanders in Africa support Fascist governments. Explains allied intelligence activities in Algeria. Pres. Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the White House. Gen. Marshall and Adm. King examine invasion maps. Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles confer. Marshall Petain and Adm. Leahy meet at Vichy. Robert D. Murphy assigns intelligence agents to Algeria. Shows Algiers street scenes and a French Foreign Legion post. Reel 2 examines the defensive strength of Vichy French forces in Tunis and traces Fascist influence there. Shows French desert troops, dry docks at Bizerte and scenes in Tunis.

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