WWII - 1944, France: Normandy Hedgerows, Cerisy Foret; Field Op.; Valognes Clean Up. 13-17Jul44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, France: Normandy Hedgerows, Cerisy Foret; Field Op.; Valognes Clean Up. 13-17Jul44 Slate: INV 822. 17Jul44 Hedgerows. Soldier w/ arc welder working on scrap metal from military vehicles in woods, making large brush cutting teeth. MS, CUs. Four soldiers lift & carry. 13:33:33 Slate: Camera: Cravens. Mounting hedge cutter on M-4 Tank. Roll 16 18Jul44. MLS men carry to front of tank. 13:33:51 LS across field to thick hedgerow, tank towards r. to l.; front view of approaching tank w/ five teeth on heavy bar in front, CU. POV on tank into hedgerow. View from other side as tank stops; then thru. 13:34:28 Slate: Same. Roll 18. CU blade on parked tank, mounting shown. 13:34:39 Slate: Same Roll 16. Men carry blade to tank & hold while attachment measured; CU w/ drawings. Welding in place. Tank leaving l. to r. 13:35:26 MS Medics treating soldier w/ head injury near hedgerow; CU stitching cheek. blood & tying together. 13:36:26 Slate: INV 823. Camera: Lt. Shadden. Valognes. Engineer clearing. LS towards bulldozer pushing rubble in center of destroyed buildings. Rear wall building falling. LS across destroyed buildings; equipment knocking down remains of large church. 13:37:09 Soldiers lifting edge of destroyed floor and/or destroyed truck bed. 13:37:28 Slate: Shadden, Montebourg, date ??. CU sign: Montebourg. Sign: N. 13 to Valognes 5.9 km, Cherbourg 25.1 km. Army jeeps & trucks into Montebourg past soldiers working beside road repairing bomb damage. 13:38:08 Slate: Shadden. Valognes. Eng. clearing.. Steam shovel loading army dump truck w/ building debris. 13:38:28 Slate: INV 824. MS multi-story rear wall falling from building. Black directing bulldozer w/ Black driver; another Black engineer throwing cable over wall section. Power shovel, bulldozer & men pulling down building wall. GOOD. 13:39:18 MP directing road traffic w/ army ambulances passing l. to r. in dust, MCU MP. 13:39:32 Slate: Camera: Richmond. Valognes 13Jul44 Roll 2. CU hand shovel putting stones under railroad tracks; MS Blacks working on railroad track bed beside Valognes sign. Army trucks thru damaged town. 13:40:11 Slate: same, roll 2. soft focus power shovel cleaning up wreckage, loading army truck. 13:40:35 Slate: same, roll 1. CU road sign: Valognes 10.9 km, Cherbourg 31.1 km. CU metal road sign: Les Hauts-Vents... Concrete road marker Valognes 10 km; another D2 Valognes 9 km, soldier legs past. Other signs. CU Colomby. CU Nach Valognes 4 km. Entrance sign. 13:41:22 Blacks working on railroad tracks & roadbed. 13:41:36 Slate: Richmond. Valognes. Eng. clearing. Roll 3. People walking on debris past shovel & army truck clearing rubbled buildings. Trucks leave thru water; bulldozer working in front of destroyed church. Soldiers attach cable around sections of wall; CU knotting cable. WW2; Post Normandy Invasion Cleanup; Invention; Wounded; Medical Field Treatment; Horrors of War; NOTE: Part or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk