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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220761-05
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1944
Country: England,United Kingdom
Location: Dorset,Portland,Weymouth
TC Begins: 02:25:10
TC Ends: 02:31:34
Duration: 00:06:24
WWII - Pre-Day, Loading at Weymouth & Portland For Normandy B-475. Landing craft loaded w/ men leaving, men waving. CU sailor at wheel. Small boat w/ troops alongside transport ship & lifted on board. LCU past. 02:26:22 Military vehicles backing onto LCT to load; Sailors Return pub in background. Halftrack boarding. 02:27:13 Military trucks pulling trailer w/ stacked tubs for amphibious bridge (?) along tree-lined road; wooded area. 02:27:25 View of harbor w/ ships at anchor from hilltop. Ships moving around. 02:28:19 Loading half track onto US-153 landing craft, tailgate lifts watched by sailors on board. Supply ships. Line of Ambulances on deck of ship. Various loading activities seen from on ship. CU soldiers. Small boats moving around large transport ships. WW2; 1944; Jun44; Invasion Preparations;