WW2 Beach Landings

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film # 4930. National Archives description "1) HA CU Combat soldier in combat dress and with rifle, in landing craft.2) MCU Radio operator on LCVP.3) CU Boat officer, wearing helmet.4) LS Beach area; LCVP in FG coming towards camera.5) CU Two gun crews, on their 20MM guns, aboard SG-130.6) LS LCM"s hitting the beach, with troops coming out; barbed wire strung along beach.7) MCU Man using wire cutters, cutting wire on beach.8) ECU Wire cutters, cutting wire.9) CU LCP.10) MS LCVP put over side of USS SAMUEL CHASE (APA-26).11) MS Bow section of SC-130, as it comes towards camera.12) CU LCVP underway towards camera.13) LS LCVP"s around USS SAMUEL CHASE.14) LS Four LCVP"s hitting beach, with troops unloading; barbed wire in FG.15) MS Soldiers coming off a LCVP and going over the barbed wire.16) LS Soldiers going across barbed wire.17) LS Group of soldiers going over sand dunes.18) CU Sign: "Coast Guard City, Savannah Beach".19) MS One man playing the harmonica and another reading a book.20) HA LS Group of troops getting a lecture.21) MS Officer giving instructions to troops.22) LS Troops getting instructions on land mines.23) CU Explosion in sand;…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War II, Landing Craft -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, War -- Relief Of Sick And Wounded, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Surgery, Military, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), United States. Coast Guard, USS Samuel Chase, United States. Army

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