Wounded U.S. soldiers aboard a hospital boat at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Hospital ship (most likely HMHS Dinard, #28) at anchor at Anzio harbor. The wounded soldiers are lowered to a hospital boat. The boat approaches the hospital ship.
A U.S. destroyer at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Tracers are fired at German aircraft from the U.S. DD (destroyer). 20mm gun crews fire. Tracers being fired from an AA (antiaircraft gun).
Filmed from the U.S. destroyer escort, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) in Anzio harbor, Italy during World War 2. A British Spitfire fighter flies almost directly overhead. A U.S. Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat is seen moving in the water. It passes near a Higgins Boat carrying several occupants. An American P-51 fighter plane flies past, in the background, at less than a thousand feet above the water. Next, two PT boats are seen near the Higgins Boat. Scene shifts to a PT boat creating a notable wake as it turns to port, past the camera, at high speed. It then turns to starboard and moves away at high speed.
Landing craft being readied, in England, for the Normandy Invasion in World War 2. Sailors filling water cask on emergency life raft. LCI(L),U.S. Landing craft Infantry, Large, number 87. A small boat leaves that craft and another passes the camera boat. LCI(L) number 325 is seen (and a barrage balloon in far background). Coast Guard crew at work cleaning rust from craft 325. One is painting the deck. View of two LCI(L)s underway in water.
Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) underway during training exercises in England, preparing for the Normandy invasion of World War 2. Glimpse from stern of craft, with American flag flying. LCI(L)s behind and British coastline in background. Several LCI(L)s moving in near formation. Gunners aboard camera craft ready their Oerlikon 20mm antiaircraft cannon. They open a locker and remove canisters of ammunition. Cluster of the landing craft moored in a bay. Camera craft moves past Landing Craft tank 644, run aground on a sand bar.
A Coast Guard crew member aboard a Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) moored in a bay in England, scans the skies with binoculars. LCI(L) 487 is one of a number of U.S. landing craft gathered in the bay. Two of the craft behind, display the American Union jack of white stars on a blue field. A barrage balloon is seen aloft. A town is nestled on a green hill in the background. Closeup of barrage balloon. View of the bay, in late afternoon, shadowed by the hill. Three barrage balloons are seen aloft. Crewmen on deck are sorting out and coiling lines, while another sharpens large compound shears with a file.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.