TIDWORTH, ENGLAND ; SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND ; TANK BLESSING, ENGLAND ; INVASION OF FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1472 111 SOURCE: AFCI ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 910 ea. 1472 (B-503) TIDWORTH, ENGLAND, 6-7 June 1944 (M=238) MS, US wounded soldiers, walking and litter cases, come ashore at Weymouth. LS, MS, US gliders towed by British planes over English coast and across Channel. MS, heavily loaded 21/2 ton trucks come ashore from LCT at Portland. MS, US armored tractors pull covered artillery pieces along road. LS, Pan, US field hospital tents in England. CU sign: "50th Field Hospital Holding Company". (B-505) SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, (M-238) NSs, US paratroopers march to airfield, enter planes and gliders. (B-476) TANK BLESSING, ENGLAND, 2 June 44 (M-238) MSs, Catholic chaplain sprinkles M-4 tank with holy water, invokes blessing. CUs, chaplain and members of tank crew. (INV 111) INVASION OF FRANCE, 10 June 44 (M=245) VS, MPs of 2nd Armd Div, V Corps, 2nd Div posted on crossroads direct vehicular traffic moving up front from "Easy" beach on road from St Laurent to Colleville. CU, MP. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ESSion III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities