LOADING OF TROOPSHIPS, SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 1482 111SOURCE: AFCF (M=212) ADCFILMs Arch & APC MP 1005' ea Part Composite 1482 B-501 LOADING OF TROOPSHIPS Southampton, England June 44 MS, CUs, British troops at dock board transport. MSs, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Ernest Bevin, Sir Alan Brooke and Gen Jan Christian Smuts observe embarkation of British troops. MSs, US Colonel and other officers talk to pilots wearing life belts. CU, pilot in flying dress. SOUND PORTION: Pilots speak about big concentration of power in invasion force; their dislike of night flights and the speed with which beach landings were completed. Final sentence: "We're on our way and we won't stop til we get to Berlin." ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities