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WWII - 1944, France: US Engineers Locate Mines, 134th Regt., 35th Div Sec.; Mortar Battalion. 13-17Jul44
INV 561 17Jul44 GIs around wrecker truck w/ tank disabled in road ahead. Winch tank back; track off on one side. Tow past camera.
06:32:09 Man on belly on road pulling in bucket on cable.
06:32:22 Troops along ridge by roadside moving up; others returning on road carrying mines. 2 star general by road talking, looking at notes or map, still photographers taking pictures.
06:33:17 GIs digging up mines in road w/ bayonets. Two tanks behind appear to have been wrecked. Mine uncovered. Hook on cable onto mine & over container to pull upright.
06:34:24 GIs looking at body beside road. GIs carry pipes forward tie cables or fuse w/ batteries or explosives onto side of pipes. Put sandbags on pipes.
06:35:33 Enormous blast & black smoke. GIs walk forward. Empty road, pipes in place & large explosion. Troops w/ shovels forward.
06:36:43 INV 562 Slate: 13Jul44 South of Carentan, France. 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. Man kneeling & writing on pad, two men on field telephone taking down information. Man taking notes, map on ground. Man w/ pickaxe in field & men digging, installing large mortar; sighting.
06:37:53 Slate: 14Jul44 Truck parked, men in back; small tracked vehicle w/ men in pulls up, men unload crates of ammunition from truck to small vehicle, man drives w/ full load past camera & thru barnyard, down village road.
06:38:58 Slate: 14Jul44 Men taking notes over field telephone from foxhole w/ map. Soldiers run to mortars, set up & fire. Put camouflage over mortar emplacements. Tracked vehicle pulls up, men unload crates & stack by hedgerow. Jeep w/ men pulls up pulling trailer, large mortar unloaded & set up. Sighting & CU adjusting. Capping, placing sandbags at base; firing.
06:41:45 Cleaning barrel. Cover w/ camouflage. CU man signaling to fire. CU man on field telephone.
WW2; Fighting; Mines;
NOTE: Good explosions & mortar firing; ammunition delivery.
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, France: US Engineers Locate Mines, 134th Regt., 35th Div Sec.; Mortar Battalion. 13-17Jul44 INV 561 17Jul44 GIs around wrecker truck w/ tank disabled in road ahead. Winch tank back; track off on one side. Tow past camera. 06:32:09 Man on belly on road pulling in bucket on cable. 06:32:22 Troops along ridge by roadside moving up; others returning on road carrying mines. 2 star general by road talking, looking at notes or map, still photographers taking pictures. 06:33:17 GIs digging up mines in road w/ bayonets. Two tanks behind appear to have been wrecked. Mine uncovered. Hook on cable onto mine & over container to pull upright. 06:34:24 GIs looking at body beside road. GIs carry pipes forward tie cables or fuse w/ batteries or explosives onto side of pipes. Put sandbags on pipes. 06:35:33 Enormous blast & black smoke. GIs walk forward. Empty road, pipes in place & large explosion. Troops w/ shovels forward. 06:36:43 INV 562 Slate: 13Jul44 South of Carentan, France. 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. Man kneeling & writing on pad, two men on field telephone taking down information. Man taking notes, map on ground. Man w/ pickaxe in field & men digging, installing large mortar; sighting. 06:37:53 Slate: 14Jul44 Truck parked, men in back; small tracked vehicle w/ men in pulls up, men unload crates of ammunition from truck to small vehicle, man drives w/ full load past camera & thru barnyard, down village road. 06:38:58 Slate: 14Jul44 Men taking notes over field telephone from foxhole w/ map. Soldiers run to mortars, set up & fire. Put camouflage over mortar emplacements. Tracked vehicle pulls up, men unload crates & stack by hedgerow. Jeep w/ men pulls up pulling trailer, large mortar unloaded & set up. Sighting & CU adjusting. Capping, placing sandbags at base; firing. 06:41:45 Cleaning barrel. Cover w/ camouflage. CU man signaling to fire. CU man on field telephone. WW2; Fighting; Mines; NOTE: Good explosions & mortar firing; ammunition delivery. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk