WWII - 1944, France: Artillery Fire, Battery B, 127th Field Artillery

INV 478 CU raising artillery barrel; from in front barrel raised nearly so camera looking down barrel. Man w/ headset under camouflage netting making notes on map or ?? & talking into mic, gives signal to fire. 06:21:16 Artillery guns firing from several angles & distances. Barrels recoiling. Shells fused & loaded, men covering ears, firing. 06:23:31 Signal & fired; several times. Lowering barrel after firing, Smoke out of barrels. 06:24:42 Army trucks parked along road, men unloading crates of ammunition, jeep past. Large shells rolled off truck onto ground; thrown over bank of hedgerow. Men firing gun, concussion shakes camera. Reloading artillery, closing breech & firing. GOOD. 06:26:26 Shells brought to gun & powder charge loaded. 06:26:55 Slate: 13Jul44 LS artillery firing beside road. Camouflaged gun positions across field. Men standing, smoke while others pass ammunition from truck. Men carry large shells to gun emplacement & line out on ground. 06:28:46 CU man signaling to fire gun. 06:29:04 CU breech closed & locked. CU man raising barrel of artillery; CU wheel cranked. MS. GOOD. 06:30:00 Night, several artillery fire (left to right). 06:30:05 Day, MCU men w/ phones talking w/ man & note pad. MS man standing w/ arm raised to signal to fire but film runs out. WWII Artillery Unit; WW2 Countryside; St. Lo, France; 14Jul44; 1944;