- Title: F-2328.5
- Summary: BRIEF FOR INVASION: WWII BATTLE, WAR FOOTAGE **MOS**
- Description:01:25:02 - START 01:25:03 - SOLDIERS HELMETS LIE SCATTERED IN THE STREET, A COVERED WAGON SITS BEHIND A SIGN READING "DUNKERQUE", GERMAN SOLDIERS RAISE A SWASTIKA FLAG, A MASSIVE CROWD, CU OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD, BATTLESHIPS BURN AND SINK. LONG SHOT OF SOLDIERS ON THE BEACH AT NORMANDY. SOLDIERS SIT IN AMPHIBIOUS CARRIERS. SOLDIERS LEAVE AMPHIBIOUS CARRIERS AND HEAD FOR SHORE 01:26:12 - SOLDIERS STORM THE BEACH AT NORMANDY. SOLDIERS HUDDLE AT THE FOOT OF A CLIFF. SOLDIERS CARRY A WOUNDED SOLDIER ON A STRETCHER. WOUNDED SOLDIERS ARE ATTENDED TO. VARIOUS BOATS GROUNDED ON THE BEACH AT NORMANDY. A CROWD OF SOLDIERS STANDS AROUND. INDUSTRIAL SMOKESTACKS SPEW SMOKE INTO THE AIR. AERIAL VIEW OF FACTORY WORKERS INSIDE THE FACTORY AT WORK. MOLTEN STEEL IS POURED BY MACHINERY AND SPARKS FLY. PEOPLE AT WORK IN A PAPER MILL. PEOPLE WORK WITH MACHINERY 01:27:15 - PEOPLE WORK ON CONSTRUCTING AIRPLANES. LONG SHOT OF PEOPLE AT WORK INSIDE A FACTORY / WAREHOUSE. SOLDIERS MARCH CARRYING BELONGINGS. SOLDIERS LIFT THEIR HELMETS AND WAVE 01:27:40 - SOLDIERS STAND OUTSIDE ON AIRPLANE AND LAUGH. SOLDIER READS INSTRUCTIONS TO OTHER SOLDIERS WHO STAND BY AND LISTEN. SOLDIERS GATHER EQUIPMENT AND BOARD AIRPLANE. CU OF SOLDIER BOARDING PLANE. AIRPLANES TAXI DOWN RUNWAY. AIRPLANE TAKES OFF. AERIAL SHOT OF AIRPLANES IN FLIGHT 01:28:21 - A BOMB EXPLODES ON THE GROUND. SOLDIERS CRAWL ON THE GROUND. SOLDIERS RUN AND JUMP OVER A TRENCH IN THE MIDST OF EXPLOSIONS. SOLDIERS CHARGE THE ENEMY'S LINES. MILITARY PERSONNEL SIT IN A MEETING. CU OF OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE MEETING. MILITARY PERSONNEL LOOK OVER A MAP AND PLOT STRATEGY. CU OF SAILOR'S FACES 01:29:03 - SOLDIERS LOOK OVER A MAP AND REVIEW STRATEGY. SOLDIERS GATHERED TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS. AERIAL SHOT OF THE INSIDE OF FACTORY WITH WORKERS. CU OF AIRPLANE DIALS. CU OF FEMALE WORKERS IN A FACTORY. CU OF MACHINERY IN A FACTORY. MAN WITH SAFETY MASK OPERATES MACHINERY. CU OF FACTORY WORKERS INVOLVED IN LABOR 01:29:40 - CU OF FACTORY WORKERS. FACES SUPERIMPOSED OVER A SHOT OF THE INSIDE OF THE FACTORY. CU OF A TANK ROLLING FORWARD. SOLDIERS JUMP OFF TANK. A BULLDOZER PUSHES DEBRIS AND FOLIAGE. AIRPLANES TAKE OFF. A COVERED CANNON IS PULLED BY A TRUCK. 01:30:12 - OFFICERS SIT IN A MEETING ON WAR STRATEGY. CU OF OFFICERS. CU OF A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICAN PRODUCTION 01:31:24 - AERIAL SHOT OF SHIPS NEAR A SHORELINE. TANKS AND AN AMPHIBIOUS CARRIER SIT ON THE BEACH. CU OF DEAD SOLDIERS. DEAD SOLDIERS FLOAT IN THE WATER. CU OF CANNONS. GUNS ON THE BEACH. NAZI GENERAL ROMMEL WITH HAND RAISED. CU OF ROMMEL SITTING AT A TABLE 01:32:02 - GERMAN OFFICER MAKES FRANTIC PHONE CALL. SOLDIERS RUSH OUT OF BARRACKS. CU OF SOLDIERS FEET RUNNING. SOLDIERS RUSH OUT OF BARRACKS. CU OF SOLDIERS FEET RUNNING UP STAIRCASE. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR WALK DOWN ROAD ACCOMPANIED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS. AN OFFICER AND A CIVILIAN LOOK AT A MAP. CU OF HANDS ASSEMBLING A MAP. CU OF GERMAN NEWSPAPERS. CU OF GERMAN EAGLE SYMBOL WITH GERMAN WORDS SUPERIMPOSED. 01:32:48 - NORMANDY'S SHORELINE SEEN FROM A DISTANCE. CU OF A MAP OF NORMANDY SHOWING GERMAN DEFENSES 01:33:34 - SOLDIERS CROUCH BEHIND A GATE, A SOLDIER MANS A MACHINE GUN AT A WINDOW. SOLDIERS IN A FIELD FIRE MACHINE GUNS. CU OF GUNS FIRING 01:33:42 - MAN FEEDS BULLETS TO MACHINE GUN. SOLDIER IN FIELD FIRES MACHINE GUN. BULLETS FLY IN FRONT OF TREES. CU OF MACHINE GUN FIRING. BULLETS FLY IN FRONT OF TREES. CU OF MACHINE GUN FIRING. BULLETS FLY IN FIELD FIREFIGHT. CU OF MAP OF NORMANDY SHOWING GERMAN DEFENSES 01:34:39 - CU OF GERMAN FORTRESS AND GUNS. SOLDIERS LAND MISSILES INTO HUGE CANNON. CU OF CANNON TURNING. CU OF SEVERAL CANNON BARRELS. CU MAP OF NORMANDY GIANT RAILWAY GUN. CU OF GUN'S BARREL. RAILWAY GUN POINTED DIRECTLY INTO THE AIR. SOLDIERS WHEEL A MISSILE UP TO THE GUN. SOLDIERS LOAD MISSILE INTO THE GUN. 01:35:30 - GUN BARREL RAISES. SEVERAL HUGE GUNS POINT INTO THE AIR. CU GUNS FIRE. CU MAP OF NORMANDY. FIELD ARTILLERY FIRES. EXPLOSIONS FILL A BATTLEFIELD. SHELLS FILL THE SKY. A MASSIVE BARRAGE OF ARTILLERY IS FIRED. CU A CANNON RAISED INTO POSITION AND FIRING. CU OF CANNON BARRELS FIRING. 01:36:19 - MAP OF NORMANDY, GERMAN SOLDIER RIDES A MOTORCYCLE DOWN AN EMPTY STREET. GERMAN SOLDIER BEHIND A CANNON. GERMAN SOLDIERS PLACE BARBED WIRE IN THE STREET. OVERTURNED TROLLEYS BLOCK THE STREET 01:37:13 - SOLDIERS RUN DOWN A STREET, A GERMAN SOLDIER STANDS AT ATTENTION. MAP OF NORMANDY 01:37:27 - GERMAN SOLDIERS IN FORMATION GOOSE STEP DOWN THE STREET. CU OF GERMAN SOLDIERS. CU OF GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING, MAP OF NORMANDY. END.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-2328.5