France: Building airport, Ne Of St Mere Eglise ; Fall Of Carentan; Convoy, En Route To France - ADC-1583
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INV 152
BUILDING FIRST AIRPORT IN FRANCE
NE of St Mere Englise
13 June 44
LS, MS, CU, construction work by members of the 819th Aviation Engr Bn operate
rollers and graders and lay wire mesh runway.
MS, CUs, gliders land on partially constructed airstrip.
IS, gliders dispersed on field, supplies stacked alongside gliders. (Soldiers
at work in bg.)
MS, CUs, bulldozer and grader prepare airstrip.
INV 148
FALL OF CARENTAN
Cherbourg Peninsula
France
13 June 44
RV, front views, airborne paratroopers move into shelled town; roadsign at R of
frame.
VS, paratroopers move thru debris-covered street past damaged US tank.
Excellent scene framed thru window of wrecked bldg as paratroopers pass by.
ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY
ERB/ek
Record Group 111
Accession III - NAV - 210
Signal Corps
ADC 1583
111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-254)
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ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 891' Silent
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INV 155
CONVOY
En route to France
12-13 June 44
IS, convoy in channel.
CU, officer on bridge of LST looks thru binoculars.
MS, CU, soldiers and equipment on LST en route to Normandy.
MS, barrage balloon flies over convoy ship.