INVASION OF FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1299 111 SOURCE: SHAEF Ftg Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 8591 ea Composite 1299-1 INVASION OF FRANCE (D to D plus 3) 6 June 1944 CU, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and British Admiral on bridge of ship. MS, Gen Bernard L Montgomery comes aboard warship. MLS, German plane flies low over ground and is strafed by US planes & MG. German plane explodes in mid-air after direct hit. (Attacking plane not visible.) GSAP, strafing of grounded German aircraft. MS from inside of landing craft as British troops go ashore. Seq: US troops disembark from landing craft. Soldiers in a long line wade ashore. GSAP, US planes strafe truck on road as driver runs for ditch. GSAP, planes strafe moving railroad train and set it afire. AV, grounded American gliders used in invasion of France. LS, German fire brings down two Allied soldiers of a group advancing on beach. MLS, small craft sinks in rough sea as men are thrown into sea. MS, one man swims to life preserver. Record Group 111 LS, fires dot battlefield. Accession Number III-NAV-210 LS, Dukws roll on beach; soldiers in bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 1299 111 SOURCE: SHAEF Ftg Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 859' ea Composite 1299-2 INVASION OF FRANCE (D to D plus 3) 6 June 1944 cont'd MLS, wrecked German concrete fortification. In fg US soldier bends over wounded soldier. CU, German soldier buried to his chest in dirt, tries to extricate himself. Seq: British troops advance from beach past burning houses, wrecked town. MS, British soldier aims at sniper in bldg. MLS, part of demolished West Wall. (often called Siegfried Line) MS, German dead. Seq: US troops advance cautiously along cemetery wall, try to find sniper's location in bldg by raising cloth-covered stick. MLS, German prisoners at roadside. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities