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Staff Film Report #13: Reel-2
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keywords: normandy france, hedgerows, cherbourg france, u-boat submarine pen, noemfoor island
Synopsis: Footage of U.S. Infantry advance in Normandy, Repair of wrecked harbor facilities at Cherbourg France, Invasion of Noemfoor (Numfor) Island in Dutch New Guinea....(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:11:19
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Normandy, Cherbourg, Noemfoor
Staff Film Report #13: Reel-2
Normandy France: U.S. Infantry and tanks advance through hedgerows in Normandy, France. Shows German telephone lines in roadway ditch line that connect German defense points. U.S. soldier enters and inspects German underground shelter. Shows German supplies in underground bunkers and a "spiked" German artillery gun. Shows German artillery shell fuses taken from German bunker. Shows a dump for wrecked and captured German equipment. Image of German Kettenkrad Sdkfz.2 light reconnaissance vehicle. Image of a German truck marked as a "Red Cross" vehicle that contains machine shot tools and machinery. German POW's help the Graves Registration Service collect dead German soldiers. America soldier strips bodies of German soldiers of hand grenades and other weapons. German POW's load dead German soldiers into truck.
Cherbourg France: Aerial and ground view of wrecked harbor facilities at Cherbourg France before repairs by Allied construction engineers. View of German submarine (U-boat) pen at Cherbourg. English divers locate and detonate German mines in the harbor. Shows members of the 334th harbor craft company, dubbed the "dogface navy" on tug boat. Shows Cherbourg railroad facilities that suffered significant damage. Shows Allied Engineers at work repairing railroad facilities.
Invasion Of Noemfoor: Noemfoor (Numfor) Island in Dutch New Guinea. Shows Assault craft LVTs or "buffalos" advancing, firing 37mm or 75mm guns. Shows Buffalo with 37mm canons and LVT with flamethrower. Shows 503rd Parachute Infantry landing on Kamiri Field on Noemfoer Island. Excellent ground to air parachute footage. One paratrooper with parachute wrapped around tree is helped by soldier wearing pole climbing spikes. Supplies are dropped by parachute from B-17 aircraft
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