Beach Scenes, Military Vehicles, Normandy Invasion, 1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #4453. National Archives description "1) LS Beach area; many soldiers; amphibious craft; house in BG. SV2) MS LCT being beached; cargo on deck; mobile crane comes into picture R to L, loading lumber into trailer alongside LCT.3) HA CU Soldiers marching by R to L; many landing craft on beach in BG.4) CU Tank retriever as it makes a left turn in front of the camera, DUKW drives by.5) MS 6X6 Army truck driving up the beach; DUKW and bulldozer on beach; craft in BG.6) CU Soldier with trench coat and rifle; soldiers marching in BG; Army MP.7) MLS German prisoners marching along; soldier in left FG.8) MS German POW"s in small barbed-wire enclosure, sitting in sand.9) HA MS Group of prisoners; trucks on beach in BG.10) MS Soldier waving a white flag in the air; LCT beached in BG.11) LS LCT pulled up to beach; many soldiers starting to offload.12) MCU Two soldiers standing on the beach; LCT in right BG.13) MLS Bulldozer pulling a DUKW out of water; LCT loaded with soldiers in BG.14) MS DUKW comes up on the beach, LCI underway in BG, LCM"s and barrage balloon also in BG.15) MLS LCT up on the beach, offloading some troops.16) LS Column of troops advancing up ov…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Motor Vehicles, Amphibious -- United States, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Landing Craft -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American, Prisoners Of War -- United States

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