France: Invasion France, WW2 - ADC-2088

Summary

INVASION WW II June 1944 - No Captions NOTE: Quality is poor but being saved for the record. Canadian troops at rail of landing C raft watch a warship pass. VS, of Canadian troops sleeping on deck, getting food and eating. MS, Canadians looking at booklets. CU, man holds one: "France". Planes in formation flying overheadL/R dark. Ships of invasion fleet in Channel; the moon in one shot. Scenes of vessels firing at the French coast which is obscured by the haze. A vessel firing what appears to be rockets away from camera. These shots were made in early dawn. LS, over the water, dawn. In the distant sky planes in flight; cloud formation in sky. LS, naval vessel firing twd the coast. Card 2 of 4 2088-RILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 850', Silent INVASION WW II (Contd) June 1944 - No Captions NOTE: Quality is poor but being saved for the record Cut-ins, other vessels firing their guns. LS, coast is visible now; smoke moving up, shell hits. Cut-ins, smoke on the coast; vessels in the water. A PT boat under way shot from other craft. Man at MG on PT boat. Wake of vessel. LAS crewman signaling with flags on PT boat. Explosions in water; look like depth charges. Pan, warships, transport vessels, barrage balloons overhead. Canadian troops transferring from transport to landing craft. An LCM loaded with Canadian troops as it moves away. A vehicle is lowered to a landing craft from a transport. Card 3 of 4 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 850', Silent INVASION WW II (Contd) June 1944 - No Captions NOTE: Quality is poor but being saved for the record. HS, loaded LCT moves away from transport. Cut-ins, Canadian troops in landing craft as it moves away from transport. HS, another landing craft, an LCT, loaded with troops moves away. Sunken vessel in harbor. Head-on shot of a landing craft, looks like LCI, at the beach. MS on beach of a burning vehicle in the fg. Pan from the beach of the invasion fleet lying offshore. General activity on the beach, landing craft, artillery pieces, probably German on the beach. View from German pillbox showing landing craft in the bg. An American guards a few German prisoners. An American guard walking ahead of a few prisoners. Card 4 of 4 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 850', Silent INVASION WW II (Contd) June 1944 - No Captions Ind CUs of dead Germans on the beach. These look like still photographs. Stacked dead German soldiers on the beach. Gen Bernard L Montgomery comes in at the beach. MS, Montgomery standing on beach talking to officer. NOTE: Quality is poor but being saved for the record.