Reel Number: 200514-02
Color: Black and White
Sound:
Year / Date: 1944
Country: France
Location: Carentan
TC Begins: 10:10:15
TC Ends: 10:15:44
Duration: 00:05:29
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WWII - Mortars South of Carentan, France. 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. Men on field phones in bunker under canvas. One man w/ map plotting. Men w/ picks digging & others helping to place large mortar launcher. Men attach sight. Small weasel up to truck & ammunition boxes loaded into it. Drives through farm yard. Men dug into brush w/ field phone make notes & plot on map. Run up to camouflaged launchers & fire. Men unload boxes of ammo. Jeep & trailer w/ 6 men up & set up mortar base, barrel & elevator. CU of adjusting. Cap, sandbag in place, load & fire. Clean barrel & cover w/ camouflage netting. Man on phone.