REPAIR SHIP, CHERBOURG, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1709 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1040 Card 1 of 2 1709-1 FILM: Arch & APC, MP, 954' ea Silent REPAIR SHIP, CHERBOURG, FRANCE (SPX 17) 7 & 8 Dec 1944 (LiB 1202, 1203) L & MS, repair ship at dock in Cherbourg. A lighter loaded with crates is alongside the vessel. A few tugs pass by. NOTE: flat, made with 6 in lens. Black scratches at beginning. 6 December In a small boat two assistants help prepare a diver before he goes below. His helmet is put on, fastened. MS, diver walks to the ladder at the boat and descends into the water. MS, American major shouting an order thru megaphone. MS, the major and Frenchmen chat aboard ship. A small utility boat is lowered on deck by crane lines. LS, MS, repair ship in the harbor as fire hoses are tested. LS, fire hoses being tested aboard the ship. (camera scratch). MS, soldier breaking pavement with pneumatic hammer. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/1zw Signal Corps 111 ADC 1709 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1040) Card 2 of 2 1709-2 FILM: ARCH & APC, MP, 954 ea Silent REPAIR SHIP, CHERBOURG, FRANCE (cont'd) (SPX-17), 6 December 1944 (LIB 1202, 1203) (contd) MS, two crewmen adjust diving suit on diver in small craft. (camera scratch). MLS, diver goes below from the boat. (camera scratch). CUs, of pontons boxlike objects not being raised by crane lines. CU, winch turning. CUs, soldiers operating the hoses of the fire fighting equipment aboard ship. MS, officer and another man on ship. MS, name of the vessel: Glenn Gerald Griswold. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MF/1zw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities