Invasion Of Europe, Normandy, 1944

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film # 4645. National Archives description "1) CU Soldier standing near command car; two-star general seen talking into mike.2) LS Sunken ship; LCVP underway in FG; rigging of ship in extreme FG.3) MS Sunken LCT; Coast Guard cutter cruising close by.4) LS Assault forces; PAN R to L, showing barrage balloons flying around.5) MS Soldiers on board the LCT, sitting in jeeps (this is an MP outfit); LCT runs up on beach, ramp goes down and vehicles start moving out.6) MS Man lying in foxhole, holding M-1; soldiers running along beach in BG.7) LS Fire on beach; jeeps and trucks also seen.8) MS Sherman tanks with blades on front, soldiers digging in sand in BG.9) MLS Medics carrying two stretchers and ing out into water to LCM.10) MS Group of German soldiers, hands behind backs of their heads, in a barbed-wire compound.11) MS German soldiers squatting down.12) MS 6X6 army truck burning; dead man"s legs in FG.13) MS LCT pulled up onto beach; bow section of another LCT in FG; LCM underway in BG.14) MS LCM as it pulls up onto beach; British LCT"s in BG.15) MS Soldier sitting in a sandbag machine-gun nest; truck still smoking in BG.16) HA MS Infra-red li…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS LST-543, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Landing Craft -- United States, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, American

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