Four U.S. Coast Guardsmen sit on the deck of a ship docked at Weymouth, England, three days prior to D-Day, in World War 2. One of them hands out cigarettes that they smoke. The sailors take off their hats, simultaneously revealing haircuts that collectively spell the word 'HELL.'
A U.S. Coast Guard gun crew near a 20 mm antiaircraft gun aboard a Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked at Weymouth, England, 3 days before D-Day. U.S. troops ask questions about the gun. (World War II period).
View toward stern of Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 88 as she pulls away from the wharf at Weymouth, England, to join an amphibious assault Group destined for Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in World War 2. Other LCI(L)s seen preparing, or underway, include numbers 488, 493, 497, and 498. Number 88, from which these scenes were recorded, belongs to Flotilla 10, part of an Assault Group operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is commanded by Lt. Henry K. Rigg, USCGR
Sherman Medium M4 Tank Duplex Drive. The Sherman DD- A report to the Commanding General, European Theater of Operations. Sherman Duplex Drive (DD) in water. Four soldiers on Sherman. Sherman covered with canvas. Technician at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory works on the Sherman. Gauges on tank. Machines on tank. Canvas side wall goes up. Technician puts struts into place. The canvas expands. He pushes a lever and the canvas goes down. Barrel of artillery visible. He turns its barrel. (Note: filmed at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory, Birmingham, England who built and designed the DD equipment to be fitted to U.S. built Sherman tanks. As it is a prototype, the air controls are not in the same place as on production machines.) (World War II period).
Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R. Smith stands with Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials. A building in the background. West Point cadets stand at attention. A flag pole on the ground. An officer instructs the cadets. They watch the demonstration of a gun.
Demonstration of ordnance material at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. U.S. Army General William R Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Shinkle and other officials standing with West Point cadets. They watch the demonstrations of an armored car, a tractor and a tank. Officials aboard a tank moving on the ground. A tank parked in the foreground. Officials aboard an armored car driving past on a road. The cadets and the officials watch a Christie tank. Tanks and armored cars moving along an elevated area.
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