INVASION TRAINING CENTER Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2577 ADC 2577 SOURCE: AFCF (0-58) FILM: Arch & APC MP, 686' ea Silent INVASION TRAINING CENTER, (No location) 6 Aug 1943 Seq: two LCIs approach beach for landing operation. MLS, troops of 18th Inf disembark and advance thru surf to beach and across barbed wire beach area. VS, street fighting of US infantry troops in mock-up village. (Two cameramen are visible to R of frame in bg. Footage very obviously re-enacted.) Short scene, line of rifles stacked on sandy terrain. Soldier in fg fires M-1 rifle from sitting position. Full screen views, mass parachute jump by members of 50 5th Paratroopers over Oujda Airport, Fr Morocco, North Africa. (3 June 43). C-47s fly overhead; paratroopers jump from flying planes. Full screen view, jumpers descend. Follow shots, umper his ground, rolls over and pulls in parachute. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities