INVASION FORCE AND ACTION, OFF SALERNO, ITALY Part 3

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2671 ADC SOUR CE: AFCF (US NAVY 1277) 2671 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 840' ea Silent INVASION FORCE AND ACTION, Off Salerno, Italy; Sept 1943 CUs, cargo vessels and destroyers in convoy. MS, line of German and Italian prisoners. MSs, 2 1/2 ton cargo trucks and Dukws roll along dusty road. VS, LCTs, LSTs and LCMs beach; men and equipment are unloaded. MS, DUKWs and small landing craft alongside cargo vessel as supplies are unloaded. (Photographed during fog or thru smoke screen.) CU, destroyer approaches beach. LS, battleships fire at beach. MS, burning cargo vessel. MS, LST with improvised flight deck and L-4 planes on board. CUs, 5" guns on destroyer escort fire. MS, destroyer escort lays down smoke screen. Shot of setting sun behind cloud. LS, convoy at sea during sunset. (Landing craft nearby) 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