INVASION OF FRANCE, WORLD WAR II Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2093 ADC SOURCE: SHAEF FILMS (BPR 8/11/44) Card 1 of 2 2093-1 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 777€ ea NARRATION COMPOSITE INVASION OF FRANCE, WW II (D to D plus 3) (6-9 June 44 MCU, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and British Adm on bridge of ship. MS, Gen Bernard L Montgomery comes aboard warship. MLS, German plane flies low over ground and is strafed by Allied plane's MG guns. LS, German planes explodes in mid-air after direct hit. (Attacking plane not visible.) Air to ground views grounded German planes are strafed. MSs from inside landing craft, British troops come ashore. (Excellent sequence) Seq: US troops disembark from LCM, LCIs and other landing craft and wade ashore. (Excellent coverage) Air to ground view, strafing of German trucks on road as driver runs for cover; strafing moving railroad train and setting it afire; strafing causes truck on road to explode. NOTE: This reel is comprised of scenes which are virtually the same as those in ADC cans 1923, 1935 and 1932. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps 111 ADC 2093 ADC SOURCE: SHAEF FILMS (BPR 8/11/44) Card 2 of 2 2093-2 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 777€ ea NARRATION COMPOSITE INVASION OF FRANCE, WW II (Cont'd) (D to D plus 3) (6.9 June 44) AVs, grounded gliders of Allies. Seq: US, British troops and equipment unload on beach. LS, German fire brings down two Allied soldiers as group advance on beach from landing craft. MLS, landing craft sinks in rough sea; US soldiers are thrown into sea. MS, one heads for life preserver. MLS, LS, fire dots battlefield. NOTE: This reel is comprised of scenes which are virtually the same as those in ADC cans 1923, 1935 and 1932. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities