D-Day Preparations & Normandy Invasion, 06/05/1944 - 06/07/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #15760. National Archives description "1) HA MS U.S. troops, with battle packs, on decks of LCI; other ships in BG. 2) HA MS Troops, sailors, on decks of LCI. 3) HA CU Troops going down ladder. 4) HA MLS Troops and sailors aboard LCI; ship tied at pier; building in BG. 5) MCU Three soldiers on deck talking. 6) MS Three men talking. 7) MCU Group of men on decks of LCI: one man looking through binoculars. 8) MS Soldiers, officers, wearing battle helmets, sitting on deck. SV 9) LS Girls standing in front of buildings looking toward soldiers on ship. 10) HA MS Enlisted men and soldiers on decks of LCI. 11) HA MCU Navy Lt. checking C. G. men out. 12) MCU Officer leaning against stanchion; water in BG. 13) MCU Enlisted men, officers looking at something; men being checked out. SV. 14) LS Long convoy underway; stern section, American flag on LCI, in FG. 15) LS USS SAMUEL CHASE (APA-26) underway; port beam shot. SV 16) LS CHASE underway; DD underway in BG. 17) MLS Same as above; DD ahead of CHASE in this scene. 18) MS Port beam view of rescue crash boat underway. (slightly dark) 19) MCU Crash boat underway. 20) MLS Crash boat underway; SAMUAL CHASE and DD und…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, United States. Navy, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), Landing Craft -- United States, USS Samuel Chase, Search And Rescue Operations, United States. -- Army -- Infantry Division, 29th, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, United States. Coast Guard, United States. Army, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, USS LCT(6)-594

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