ORTANO, ITALY (CANADIAN FILM BOARD) ; FIRST LANDINGS IN FRANCE, WW II (D-DAY) Part 3

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1841 ADC SOURCE: AFCF and Canadian Film Board Card 1 of 2 1841-1FILM: Arch, DN & APC MP, 928' ea Silent ORTANO, ITALY 22 Nov 1944 (Canadian Film Board) CUs, burning German trucks; Bren carriers and Red Cross trucks move past burning vehicles. HSs, Canadian artillery and 155mm "Long Tom" are fired from beneath camouflage nets. CUs, loading and firing of guns. CUs, Canadian tank tows damaged German tank. Seq: 105mm Hows on motor carriages are fired at very rapid pace. CUs, dead German machine gunner at his post. LSs, CUs, shells explode on village. CUs, hits on buildings. (Roadsign to R of screen "Leonardo.") CUs, British or Canadian soldiers inspect Canadian tank. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 1841 DC SOURCE: AFCF and Canadian Film Board Card 2 of 2 841-2 FILM: Arch, DN & APC MP, 928' ea Silent FIRST LANDINGS IN FRANCE, WW II 6 June 1944 (AAF Combat 1531) MCU, three naval officers on bridge of ship. MS, soldiers and equipment on deck of LST. MSs, men and 2 1/2 ton trucks transfer from LST to Rhino (flat barge, resembling scow) landing barge. (Shaky) MS, wounded soldier on landing craft is given first aid. MS, bulldozer moves ashore from LST. MSs, soldiers and equipment on Rhino barge; LST in bg. MS, bulldozers and graders construct new airstrip in France. LS, caterpillar tractor drags wrecked P-47 out of way. MS, soldiers eat mess; one soldier plays banjo on LST. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities