https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/42dd3a21-ba0c-48c0-ac82-f60beb38a14d One of the U.S. Army's "Big Picture" TV episodes, in the WWII "Army in Action" series, "The Slumbering Giant Awakens" depicts the battle of supply and logistics won by the United States Army in 1943. Also depicted in this film are the tactical operations in 1943 in North Africa, where the Germans are defeated in Tunisia. There is also coverage of the Pacific, the Aleutians including the invasion of Attu, Australian troops fighting in New Guinea and the assault on the Solomon Islands, and more. Includes images of mass production of many commodities, harvesting and packaging of foodstuffs and food, shipment across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, etc. The film ends with the invasion of Sicily by 160,000 Allied troops. One of the great shots in this episode is at the 18 minute mark, wrecked Afrika Korps aircraft are seen in Tunisia. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1RapbvQfmg Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:37:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/42dd3a21-ba0c-48c0-ac82-f60beb38a14d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.