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HD
1944
Sound
Newsreel
D-Day Convoy (r1 of 2)
US Gov / Military
Summary
On the 1944 invasion of Eur. Reel 1 shows Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at the Teheran Conf. U.S. troops train in Eng. with flamethrowers and demolition charges. Allied aircraft bomb the Fr. coast and industrial targets in Ger. Allied tanks, trucks, and troops move into Channel ports in Eng. The troops receive rations and invasion currency. Motorized equipment is driven aboard LST's and LSI's. Inf. board transports. Shows the invasion convoy at sea; the troops aboard clean their weapons and sleep. Shows a camouflaged destroyer and the cruiser Augusta.
Details
- Reference
- 111-HRB-15 r1
- Source
- NARA
- Collection
- US Army
- Genre
- Newsreel
- Year
- 1944
- Decade
- 1940 - 1949
- Original format
- 35mm FGMC
- Duration
- 8:37
- Frame rate
- 23.98 fps
- File format
- Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
- Colour
- Black & white
- Sound
- Yes
WW2
France
UK
Britain
Normandy
D-Day