Landing Craft, Normandy Invasion Of Europe, 1944

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film #10781 . National Archives description "1) MS Man on liferaft filling up beaker with water; man handing him a pitcher of water. 2) CU Same as before. 3) LA CU Same as before. 4) MLS LCI; 20mm single mount gun in foreground. 5) MLS Two LCIs; 20mm gun barrel in foreground (SV G). 6) MLS Five men chipping rust off deck of LCI. 7) HA MCU Man painting deck of LCI. 8) CU Man's hand going into paint bucket and then to deck. 9) ECU Man's face as he is painting. 10) LS LCI underway; flag hoist from starboard yardarm. 11) LS Two LCIs underway. 12) LS Same as before; 20mm gun in foreground (SV). 13) LS Three LCIs underway; land in background. 14) HA MS 20mm gun crew manning gun. 15) HA MS Three men manning 20mm gun. 16) ECU Man's hand opening ready-box and taking out 20mm magazine (SV). 17) LS Three LCIs in nest. 18) MS LCT run aground. 19) MLS Same as before; hillside in background. 20) LA CU Coast Guardsman looking thru binoculars. 21) MCU Coast Guardsman serving as sky lookout; LCIs and LCTs anchored in background. 22) CU Man looking thru binoculars. 23) G-A Barrage balloons in flight; clear sky in background. 24) LS LCIs and LCTs tied up. 25) M…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, Landing Craft -- United States, World War II, Barrage Balloons, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, WWII In Color, USS LCI(L)-84, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, USS LCI(L)-87, United States. Coast Guard, USS LCI(L)-325, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS LCI(L)-496

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