SPECIAL COVERAGE, ABOARD HMS ALGONQUIN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, FRENCH COAST Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1567 111 SOURCE: AFCP Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 832' ea 1567-1 INV #51, SPECIAL COVERAGE, ABOARD HMS ALGONQUIN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL; French Coast, 7 June 1944 (M-212) British sailors on ship carry what appears to be a body in a sheet. Warships underway in Channel. Officers on deck, appear to be all British, watch French coast (off-screen). LSs of vessels in the Channel. A warship under way R to L. A signalman as he signals by blinker light. Another ship in distance, The Sioux, sister ship of the Algonquin, signals back. British Capt and chief navigator, on bridge during bombardment. Burial at sea. A chaplain reads; body is dumped into water. CU of waves from deck of ship. An LST with barrage balloons overhead. Silhouette of a seaman to the L. A British flag is draped around a shrouded body. Sun behind heavy bank of clouds at sunset. Silhoutte of British officer looking thru binocs. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35T AVE., LIC 1, NY lzw Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1567 Card 2 of 2 111 SOURCE: AFCF ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 832 ea 1567-2 INV #51, SPECIAL COVERAGE, ABOARD HMS ALGONQUIN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL; French Coast, 8 June 1944 (M-212) An allied truck convoy at a halt in the open countryside of the coast. Back on Algonquin. Men on deck around a signalman sending message by blinker light. The moon seen from ship. Tracer fire at night. Explosions around a ship in the convoy. Depth charge is dropped overboard and the resultant explosion. ELS, showing what appears to be a hit near a ship. Destroyer underway and explosions behind it. Probably the dropping of depth charges by this same ship. Another ship under way with explosions at its stern. Another burial at sea. A hospital ship in the Channel. A few scenes of ships in the convoy A truck convoy including Red Cross trucks halted on highway in France. A man wearing a beret holds a cluster of balloons. MS, few Americans standing near their vehicles. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY Accession III lzw - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities