BUILDING FIRST AIRPORT IN FRANCE, NE OF ST MERE ENGLISE ; FALL OF CARENTAN, CHERBOURG PENINSULA, FRANCE ; CONVOY, EN ROUTE TO FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1583 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-254) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 891' Silent 1583-1 INV 152 BUILDING FIRST AIRPORT IN FRANCE NE of St Mere Englise 13 June 44 LS, MS, CU, construction work by members of the 819th Aviation Engr Bn operate rollers and graders and lay wire mesh runway. MS, CUs, gliders land on partially constructed airstrip. IS, gliders dispersed on field, supplies stacked alongside gliders. (Soldiers at work in bg.) MS, CUs, bulldozer and grader prepare airstrip. INV 148 FALL OF CARENTAN Cherbourg Peninsula France 13 June 44 RV, front views, airborne paratroopers move into shelled town; roadsign at R of frame. VS, paratroopers move thru debris-covered street past damaged US tank. Excellent scene framed thru window of wrecked bldg as paratroopers pass by. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1583 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-254) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 891' Silent 1583-2 INV 155 CONVOY En route to France 12-13 June 44 IS, convoy in channel. CU, officer on bridge of LST looks thru binoculars. MS, CU, soldiers and equipment on LST en route to Normandy. MS, barrage balloon flies over convoy ship. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession III NAV - 210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities