John Ford directed this movie.... by which I take it he supervised the editing of footage, and the writing of the narration that an unmentioned speaker offers throughout this compilation of color footage from Operation Torch during the Second World War. Darryl F. Zanuck was the producer. I imagine he did not order many retakes. If you look carefully, you can spot both of them.
Astonishingly, this 42-minute documentary is in color, footage taken by US Army cameramen. The images are a bit blurry, because they were using 16mm. Cameras, but the images are rock steady. They document American action -- with British troops -- under the command of Generals Mark Clark and Kenneth Anderson, with a British and a French Admiral showing up early and never being mentioned again. Early on, it's all operational, getting the men and tanks ashore, dealing with the aftermath of an air strike, butchering chickens gotten from local entrepreneurs. Gradually it shifts to something more deadly: American paratroopers returning from a strike behind enemy lines, finally into a tank battle and victory.