Video: "U.S. 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion Soldiers"

U.S. 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion Descend Landing Nets

American troops climb into assault landing craft from the liner REINA DEL
PACIFICO during Operation 'Torch', the Allied landings in North Africa, Nov. 1942

The landing craft are manned by Canadians in Combined Operations. 

Photo credit - Imperial War Museum

Introduction: The website 'Critical Past' has an extensive collection of videos and still images, and many concern significant events during WW2 in which Canadians in Combined Operations were involved. A price tag is attached to high-resolution videos and stock images but one can find access to the same material in low-resolution video but with the website's title displayed in the centre. Please note: The above photo and the video presented may not be concerned with the same troops at the same location.

Link to video - U.S. 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion soldiers

This video concerns U.S. 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion soldiers descend landing nets on a transport for Operation Torch in North Africa.

Location: North Africa

Date: 1942

Duration: 1 min 20 sec

Sound: NO SOUND

Synopsis - U.S. Army Rangers of the 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion (Darby's Rangers) descend landing nets on a transport ship into landing craft suspended from the ship's side. They go below through a hatch on one of the landing craft. Next, some are seen climbing back on deck of the transport ship. Gun crew is positioned at a Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun on deck.

Operation TORCH involved landings at several points on N. African coasts

Please link to Video: "Preparations by Allies for Operation TORCH in North Africa"