Stevens, George, 1904-1975 contributor United States. Army. Signal Corps. Signal Service Photographic Detachment, 834th, contributor moving image motion picture two-dimensional moving image Unedited footage. Nonfiction films. xxu monographic 1943 1943 zxx

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1 video file (digital) (27 min.) : si., col. Scenes and events in North Africa and Egypt include dock activities, a military parade, a troop inspection, bomb-damaged buildings, and military action involving tanks and troops. Dock scenes showing boats and ships at sea, unloading of supplies, equipment and tires -- Stevens and Mellor visit the pyramids in Egypt -- Military parade with American troops -- Scenic shots of the sea shore, hillside ruins and caves in an unspecified town, probably in Egypt -- Officers inspect troops on a parade ground -- General Bradley addresses the troops and awards medals to two American soldiers -- Bombed buildings, probably in Algeria -- Civilians clean up rubble -- Cameraman films military action including explosions, mortar fire, tanks moving and firing followed by troops -- Stevens and other American soldiers swim in the sea -- Scenes in a seaside city, including shots of a fort and the harbor -- Stevens films tanks, troops and explosions which are shown in slow motion. United States. Army. Signal Corps. Signal Service Photographic Detachment, 834th Scenes depicted are not in chronological order. Military action sequences were staged in Algeria to reenact battles that had already taken place there and in Tunisia. Sources used: Five came back by Mark Harris; "Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, World War II color film" document in NAVCC acquisition file, ACQ: Stevens, George (Jr.). During World War II, film director George Stevens was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army Signal Corps. After spending six months in North Africa and Egypt, he was directed in late 1943 to organize a Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU) of cameramen and sound recorders to photograph the Americans landing in Europe on D-Day. The unit was embedded with American and Allied troops as they moved through France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. The entire collection of George Stevens' World War II footage was selected to the National Film Registry. ff----- f-ua--- Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 depicted Stevens, George, 1904-1975 depicted Mellor, William C., 1903-1963 depicted World War, 1939-1945 Africa, North World War, 1939-1945 Egypt Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.02531063 AVCMS (DLC) W2531063 2020600752 hdl:loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.02531063 aacr amim DLC 200312 20260106181706.6 21466953 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)