Reuters Connect
@reutersconnect·17.5K subscribers·23.7K videos
1943 DEFENCE: World War 2: American troops in last stages of Tunisian campaign
Posted
May 7, 2026
Views
8
May 7, 2026
8
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
4:43Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1943
Location: BIZERTA, TUNISIA, N. AFRICA TUNISIA, AFRICA TUNISIA, NR. MATEUR, BIZERTA, N. AFRICA FERRYVILLE, TUNISIA, N. AFRICA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
AFRICA: TUNISIAN VICTORY. Scenes showing American troops advancing in the last stages of Tunisian campaign and after armistice celebrations. Mass of prisoners taken and some damage...etc. Tunisia, Mateur, N. Africa
TUNISIA: Mateur:
EXT
SV General Eisenhower picks up piece of captured equipment.
CU Eisenhower
CU Map of Mateur.
GV Hill '609' American soldiers with mine detectors.
SV Soldiers with detectors.
GV Telephone poles up.
AV Pan tanks spread out on land.
GV Burst on hillside.
Air View: Tanks spread out.
BV Trucks on road.
SV Troops moving up.
SCU Troops moving up.
LV Troops past wrecked gun.
SV Troops past wrecked gun.
SV Machine gun nests.
SCU Soldiers pick up machine gun.
SV Soldier towards camera under rocky cliff.
LV Soldiers walking up to caves.
SV Soldier entering cave.
STV Prisoners sitting in cave eating.
SCU Prisoners eating in cave.
Air View: Mateur.
AV SCU Mateur.
SV Trucks on road towards.
Back View: Trucks on road, soldiers standing about...
GV Troops moving up.
CU sign 'MATEUR 8-K'
LV Troops moving up.
SV Sign 'MATEUR 4-K'
GV Trucks moving up.
Ride past sign 'MATEUR'
Pan View: Wrecked houses.
GV Deserted street Jeep down it.
SV Jeep in front of church.
Bizerta:
SV Empty street.
Angle View: 'HOTEL DE VILLE' flags flying.
CU Map of Bizerta.
Air View: Bizerta and sea.
LV U.S. soldiers in f-g looking across to German lines.
CU Gun.. pan to German line. soldiers lying in f-g.
GV Gun firing.
GV Explosion on German side.
SV Warehouse burning.
SCU Gun firing.
GV Explosions on German side.
SV Tanks on road passing sign 'FERRYVILLE'
CU Sign 'BIZERTA'
GV U.S. soldiers with fixed bayonets walk to camera.
CU Soldiers with bayonet past.
SV U.S. soldiers run through town looking for snipers.
LV U.S. soldiers along side of building looking for snipers.
CU Soldiers looking through window of sniper.
LV tank in middle of deserted street.
SV American gun in tank firing.
SV Building being hit. SCU U.S soldier helping native girl (aged six) forward.
SCU Little girl walking forward.
CU Little girl.
CUBV Soldier looking through glasses.
LV sunken ships in harbour.
SV Pan sunken ships in harbour.
SV Naval officials point to sunken ships.
SV Sign on building 'BIZERTA'
LBV U.S. soldiers enter Bizerta.
CU Soldiers to camera.
SV Jeep loaded with children.
SCU Women throwing flowers.
CU Soldier in jeep with flowers.
GV U.S. soldiers on tank throwing out pamphlets.
CU Curfew sign on wall in French.
CU Jewish people removing starts from clothing.
CU Stepping on stars.
SV Ripping sign from wall.
SV Truck loaded with prisoners past camera.
SV Prisoners past on motorcycle.
SV Captured officers riding past camera in lorry.
SV Truck load of prisoners past camera.
SV Prisoners on motorcycle past
GV Prisoners - mountains in b-g.
SV Pan prisoners smiling with superimposed shot of Hitler speaking - translation 'WE WILL PUNISH FAMILIES OF ALL CAPTURED MEN'
SCU Pan prisoners smiling.
SV Two prisoners lying down smiling.
SCU Prisoners smiling.
SV Ammunition in cases superimposed shot of Hitler speaking - translation 'FIGHT TO THE LAST BULLET'
SV Captured guns.
GV Ammunition piled up under trees.
SV Ammunition in cases.
SV Ammunition.
CU Ammunition.
CU Prisoners carrying cases of food. superimposed shot of Hitler 'FIGHT TO THE LAST CRUMB OF BREAD'
SCU Prisoners carrying cases of food.
SV Prisoners eating.
CU Prisoners eating.
CU Prisoners drinking.
SV Prisoners eating.
CU Prisoners.
SV Prisoner officers.
SV Prisoners playing cards behind barbed wire.
SCU Prisoners into barbed wire enclose.
SV Pan prisoners behind barbed wire enclosure.
SV Captured officer out of car, American
Watch clipWatch the full Reuters clip here
Content from Reuters, available for licensing at
======
SUBSCRIBE to this channel here
#War #Fighting #Defence #Military #Tunisia
Reuters Connect: The world's defining moments captured, from 1896 to the present day. Empower your storytelling with instant access to real time and unique, rare and inspiring content from Reuters and partners. Access inspiring visuals through a seamless platform offering instant download and transparent rights. Designed for publishers, production companies, archival producers, creative agencies and NGOs to create impactful stories with speed, confidence and integrity.
Website: www.reutersconnect.com
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
