D-Day Convoy (r1 of 2)
111-HRB-15 r1
08:37
Description:
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.