Allies In Algiers - November 1942 (1942)

Algiers, Algeria. Various shots of Algerian newspaper boy selling papers in street - many French and Arabic people in western clothes. We see French newspaper headline telling of the occupation of Tobruk and Bardia by British 8th Army. Various shots of street scenes in Algiers with people seated having coffee or in square chatting, children playing - now many Arabic people in traditional clothes are seen. Moslem women are seen in the narrow back street, basket sellers pass by them. British and French soldiers exchange greeting outside Hotel Angleterre. More shots of the street scenes. Various shots of British troops disembarking from troopships in Algiers harbour and form up on the quay - they then march off. A convoy of jeeps moving along street, people looking on. British troops marching through streets. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.