INVASION OF FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1336 111 SOURCE: AFCF (SHAEF) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Comp, 600 ea. 1336 INVASION OF FRANCE D to D Plus 3 6-9 June 44 (Edited Footage With Narrations) MLS, German prisoners with raised hands are marched from camera by British troops; Head CU, smiling British Commando with "France" lettered on shoulder patch. CU, German prisoners. VS, German prisoners are searched by British paratroopers and herded together on beach. VS, Allied wounded on litters are placed aboard LST. CU, smiling walking casualty. VS, wounded, ambulatory and litter cases, are checked as they arrive in England. VS, German officers disembark from railroad train at English station; German prisoners are counted of f as they pass into compound. VS in France showing consolidation of beach positions: soldiers dig ditches, supplies are unloaded, trucks move up beach and tanks roll into port city. VS, US troops advance into France. CU, US soldier chewing gum and carrying M. CU, soldiers¹ feet walk thru muddy road. MCU, marching feet of US soldiers; dead German soldier sprawled on stomach on R of frame. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities