Camouflaged French Cruiser Gloire Target Practice; French Foreign Legionnaires; Amphib Landing Ops., N. Africa; Admiral Hewitt Aboard USS Brooklyn (CL-40) 1944

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Naval Photographic Center film #1813. National Archives description "1) MS LCP's underway away from camera loaded with troops.2) MLS Taken on inside of LCP showing troops seated, awaiting landing; troops run from craft onto beach.3) MLS LCP's beached; troops running onto beach.4) MS Boat passing LCP beached.5) MS French flag flying from flagstaff.6) LS LCP's coming toward beach.7) MS LCP hits beach; explosion in FG; troops run over prone man lying on barbed wire.8) LS Men running up beach; LCP's in BG.9) MS Beach; explosion in FG.10) LS LCP beaching in BG; barbed wire in FG.11) MS Troops running up beach, jumping barbed wire.SV12) LS LCP's circling in water.13) MS Enlisted man signaling with semaphore to ship in BG.14) HA MS French troops going down net into LCP from ship. SV15) MS Officer, straddling gunwales, signaling with semaphore flags.16) MS French cruiser GLOIRE camouflaged, underway.17) MS LCP loaded with troops.18) MS LCP landing on beach; troops disembark from ramp and come ashore.19) LS LCVP comes to beach, lowers ramp and truck disembarks.20) MCU Man in LCVP underway.21) LS Troops going up beach.22) MLS DUKWS on beach.23) MLS GLORIE having gunnery drill.24) MS Starb'd…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, USS Brooklyn (CL-40), Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972, USS Brooklyn, World War, 1939-1945, HMS Spartan (95), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, French cruiser Gloire (1935), Landing Craft -- United States, United States. Navy

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