8TH DIVISION MOVES TO FRANCE, AT SEA ; 29TH DIV ATTACK FOR ST LO, FRNACE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1332 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M=329) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 922 ea. 1332 (INV 611) 8TH DIVISION MOVES TO FRANCE, AT SEA 1-3 July 44 CU, winch. VS, winch hoists vehicle from hold of ship and swings it over side to LCT. RV, HS, soldiers on deck of ship look at coastline. A soldier looks thru binoculars. MCU, seaman on guard scans invasion coast thru binoculars then gives phone report. HS, LCT pulls away from camera. MS, LCT tower platform, signalman send message. VS, int, of wheelhouse; wake from propeller; LCT ramp is lowered and vehicles drive onto French soil. CU, MP pets kitten. vs, men aboard ship, relax, sleep, read, shoot dice, write letters; one man gets haircut (Indian style) Seq: Soldiers in line receive invasion money. CU, man counts bills. (INV 614) 29TH DIV ATTACK FOR ST LO, FRANCE 11 July 1944 MLS, MCU, soldier eats "C" ration while seated in foxhole. VS, 2nd Med Bn, 146th Inf Div medics tend to wounded men. Wounded are given first aid in the field and placed upon jeep ambulance. Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER. 35-11 35th AVE. LIC 1. NY

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities