NORMANDY INVASION RELIGIOUS SERVICE BEFORE D-DAY Part 3

Description

1) HA MS US troops leaving LCVP, climbing up gangway.2) MS Troops, fully armed, climbing up gangway aboard USS BAYFIELD (APA-33).3) MCU Coast Guard man on watch with megaphone as troops come up gangway with pack & rifles.4) HA MS Troops climbing cargo netting from hold of LCVP alongside APA.5) MLS Unidentified DD underway.6) CU Officer on deck of APA, talking through megaphone to boat, alongside.7) MS LCU underway.8) MS LCPL, LCVP underway, French coastline directly, BG.9) M/MLS LCPL"s moving in toward beach at Normandy (SV). VG10) MLS LCPL"s, LCVP"s hitting beach at Normandy.11) MLS Several troops on beach at Normandy.12) MS Boat, high & dry on beach.13) MS Tank, in surf, firing toward, BG, beach.14) CU Soldiers running out of bow doors of LCVP, onto beach, barbed wire, BG; jeep comes down ramp onto beach, sticks in soft sand.15) MCU Ramp of LCVP is dropped, soldiers come down ramp.16) MS LCI underway (US-493).17) HA MS Troops coming up debarkation not from hold of LCVP (men are fully armed with helmets, packs, rifles).18) HA MS LCVP coming up alongside gangway of BAYFIELD.19) LS Convoy underway DD, immediate BG, portion of APA.20) ELS From BAYFIELD across water to large convoy underway, BG (LST"s).21) LS LST"s underway, barrage balloons flying overhead during invasion.22) MLS LST, several flat-looking barges in the water, camouflaged, blimps overhead.23) HA M/LS Ships underway, far BG.24) ELS Small craft underway, BG.25) MS LST underway.26) LS Past king posts of APA, USS NEVADA (BB-36), underway, BG, men in gun tub aboard APA manning anti-aircraft gun.27) HA MS Gun tub aboard APA, BB-36 & USS TUSCALOOSA (CA-37), underway, BG, in column with APA.28) MLS NEVADA & TUSCALOOSA underway in column, gun crew on APA, guy wires extended through frame.29) CU Man (wearing sound powered ear phones, life jacket, white helmet), on watch in gun tub around 20mm gun.30) LS Through shrouds & bos of APA, warships & APA"s underway, far BG.31) MS Three officers on bridge of APA (one Coast Guard, two Army).32) HA MS US soldiers coming up cargo netting.33) MS ATR underway, towing LCU loaded with troops & equipment toward Normandy Beach, LST underway, far BG.34) HA MS LCU towed by ATR. NG/OF35) HA MCU LCM, loaded with troops, underway. NG/OF36) ECU Coast Guard men (wearing life jackets), asleep on deck.37) LS LCM"s, LCI"s, LST"s underway.38) MS AP at anchor, two LCU"s in the water.39) MCU LCM moving along side of AP, which is anchared, signal message being sent from AP.40) LS AP underway, several LCI"s on port & strbrd. side.41) MS AP at anchor, several small craft (LCPL"s, LCU"s), in the water.42) MS AP anchored in the bay, LCU along port quarter.43) HA MCU LCVP underway in wake of camera ship, men in hold of boat, water very rough.44) MS Camouflaged cruiser.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities