ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE, NO. 32 Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

On the Normandy invasion. Reel 1, Gen. McNarney outlines the operation. Troops board ships and read, eat, and relax. Gliders are loaded; paratroopers board transports. Planes take off and strafe Ger. coastal defenses. Shows Gen. Brereton. Reel 2, the invasion fleet nears the coast; naval guns fire; landing craft hits the beach. Shows dead, Ger. prisoners, and Gens. Bradley, Eisenhower, and Montgomery. Shows brief scenes of Ger. military trains leaving Rome, allied troops entering, and scenes in the city. Pope Pius XII greets U.S. troops.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Army - Navy Screen Magazine