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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Base Section No. 1 (St. Nazaire), Unloading Supplies [1917-1919] Part 1
Description
In this film the Freighter Lake Catherine and the transport Hancock, carrying the 5th Marine Regiment, pass through the locks and into the St. Nazaire basin. It also shows the freighters Finland, Franklin, and Tivies docked. Clothing is unloaded from the Westland. Conveyors and cranes are used to unload ammunition and cases of foodstuffs. Hay is unloaded from the Satsuma and the Monticello. Black stevedore troops and German prisoners stack 155-mm shells on the dock and load them on railroad cars.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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