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WWII - 1944, US Government Documentary: Battle Wreckage

Reel Number: 221383-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: England,France,United Kingdom,USA

Location: English Channel,Normandy

TC Begins: 08:40:14

TC Ends: 08:49:51

Duration: 00:09:37

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Invasions: Normandy, Before & After D-Day Titles. 08:40:45 England, D-Day minus 3. Supplies stockpiled. Railroad yard, tanks, trucks, etc. bulldozers, artillery, armaments in lots, ready to go. Airplanes. Cranes moving equipment. Ambulances. Barbed wire. 08:41:31 Superimposed title: 06Jun44 08:41:35 Troops embarking onto ships. Convoy of ships crossing the English Channel. 08:42:03 Aerial of bombers crossing Channel & many bombs exploding on French shore, destroying bridges & railroads. Bombing along French shore, tracer fire. (GOOD). 08:43:43 Convoy at Sea. Relatively peaceful D-Day (or post D-Day) landings. Shots of crowded landing boats. Past burning ships. Shots of boats sinking, men in water & rubber rafts; drowning, being rescued. 08:45:48 Troops on shore marching up road. Tanks & artillery firing; rifle firing. Infantry fighting along roadside. 08:46:35 Landing column on road. Pan of D-Day wreckage on battle site landscape. Shots of various battle wreckage in water, in trees, various environments. 08:47:22 Tanks smoldering; others sunk in rivers along w/ trucks. Pans over piles of wreckage in junkyards; piles of motors & transmissions. Tracking shots past wreckage. Narration: “...must be used to fight anew. Give us steel for a shining triumph.” 08:49:42 The End. GOOD. WW2; Battles; Salvage; Recycling; War Materials; War Effort; NOTE: Partial or entire card sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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