 The years of the French foreign legion pass in review in honor of the American forces traditional uniform of the legionnaires. This is the graph December 7th, 1942 at CD Bell Abbey and the Governor's Palace at Algiers. This is on the left. Mr. Robert Murphy, United States Minister to North Africa. Ships are known as tank landing craft. They are specially constructed for transporting armored vehicles and are highly maneuverable. In the background, the city of Algiers looks down on the harbor. With its slight superstructure and lack of silhouettes, the tank landing craft is less vulnerable as a target. The black band around the waist of each soldier is a self-inflating life preserver. Needlework. Eastward through the Mediterranean, escorted by British men of war. The seaport nearest enemy-held territory. 30 caliber and 50 caliber machine guns. The ports in Sicily and their only an hour long spell in the city. This is a Dornier. Nazi planes shot down against a loss of four of our own. No important installations were hit and our tank convoy suffered no casualties. Whenever the general grants come to a halt, camouflage is the first order. The difference between a good and bad job may very easily be the difference between life and death. Bedded down for the night. Pushing their mission and marching 30 miles overland in full pack under a hot African sun. The open is of primary importance. French soldiers guard all roads, bridges and strategic points. They better make sure, but repeatedly machine gunned it from a low level. To provide poultry and green vegetables. 100 kilometers is rock Tunisian frontier. Where there are no fixed lines and the positions change from hour to hour. The battle area. Tunis. Toborba. Medges Elban. The battle will be fought here. There are no set fortifications or clearly defined opposing lines. A Nazi Panzer division has advanced westward from Tunis. Our columns have come up the valley from Medges Elban. Our attack will consist of a series of lunges against the armored spirit of the Panzer division. The sun comes out. Our armored vehicles move toward the forward positions. This is an American light tank used both for fighting and scouting. Gates move ahead of the advancing forces. American half tracks follow on reconnaissance. He has been sighted over the hill to the left of the picture. British 25 pounders open up. Supply down for an enemy ammunition carrier. This type of mobile warfare, there are no trenches. No large concentrations of infantry. The dole boys are spread out from miles behind every tree and shrub. Ready to strike the enemy or repel infiltration. Dual battlefield. Germans on the left, Americans on the right. A British ammunition lorry is hit. Overlooking the battlefield. The cameraman is actually nearer the German lines than his own. Marks on the rear of the German tanks. This is to avoid attack from their own aircraft. Ten German tanks in the spearhead, five on the field, and five concealed under the brow of the hill in floor ground. The tank in the background is stalled. Its crew is still using the machine guns. The civil Nazi on the left side of the screen carries the white flag of surrender. These prisoners are veteran members of the Afrika Korps. These are Americans, boys from your town and my town. They have fought today in a strange country for a remote little valley on the road to Tunis. And they have fought well. This is an important victory, not because of its strategic value, not because of its military importance, but for an altogether different reason. This morning, when the battle began, this valley was a conquered valley in the hands of the enemy. Tonight, it is a free valley.