LANDING MANEUVERS, NORTH AFRICA ; BAILEY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND TANK BATTLE, FRANCE Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 1996 1996-1 SOURCE: NRP & British Newsreel Card 1 of 2 FILM : Arch DN & APC MP, Part Comp, 769' ea LANDING MANEUVERS North Africa Approx 1942 (NRP) (Composite) LS, convoy under way. CU, destroyer as planes fly overhead. Seq: US soldiers disembark from landing craft and run thru water to beach. CU, tank leaves barge and heads for shore. CU, infantrymen race past camera. CU, map of Mediterranean Theatre. Short scene, Spahis (soldiers) on parade in Casablanca. CU, Full screen view, feet of Spahis marching past camera. Short scene, animated map of Mediterranean theatre as pointer indicates location of Oran. Seq: French battleships in the harbor of Oran are blown up by British fire after fall of France. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAY-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY erb/amf Signal Corps ADC 1996 ADC SOURCE: NRP & British Newsreel Card 2 of 2 1996-2 FILM : Arch DN & APC MP, Part Comp, 769' ea BAILEY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND TANK BATTLE France 27-28 June 44 (British Sig Photo Co) (Silent) Seq: British engineers build Bailey Bridge near Caen. Many bulldozers are in use during this operation. MSs, tanks in park near Caen. MSs, briefing of British soldiers. MSs, British tanks cross railroad tracks, pass thru woods. Some tanks are equipped with "Scorpions". LSs, explosion of mines caused by "Scorpions". MSs, British soldiers and Bren gun carriers in action. Seq: British soldiers following tanks in advance. VS, soldiers dig in for the night. CU, dead German soldier. MSs, tanks move out at dawn, fire upon enemy tanks and positions. LSs, shells exploding. VS, British troops enter village. MSs, car bearing captured German high-ranking officers arrive at British Hq. Officers, under guard, leave car. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/amf 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