Oran landing: Immense convoy of 850 ships takes US Expeditionary Force to Africa (1942)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Convoy of 850 ships takes US Expeditionary Force to Africa as part of Operation Torch (the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II). Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Oran Landing First Pictures ALGERIA: Oran: EXT Convoy at sea PAN. Ships in convoy. U.S. troops (American soldiers) (allied forces) on deck waving to camera and making victory signs. Ships in convoy, A.A. gun at the ready. General view of A.A. gun at the ready. Army troops exercising on deck. Close up of troops doing exercises. Close up of instructor swinging arms. American soldier swinging arms and smiling. Close up of soldier swinging arms. Sergeant hobbles across deck in crouched position. Soldier hopping across deck in crouched position. Sergeant hobbles across. General view of ships convoy with soldier in the foregro