British Army tanks tested against various beach obstacles. British tanks move with a carpet roller device in front. They move against low wire firmly picketed on the beach area. The tanks open carpet rollers over wire. A British tank moves over thick wire fencing using the roller carpet device. Another tank follows the trail.
The Philippine Operations during the Battle of Leyte in World War II. General Douglas MacArthur, Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, and George S. Kenny with President Sergio Osmeña in landing crafts en route to Red Beach in Palo, Leyte. The party walks through water or wades onto the beach. They look at a map and converse with each other.
Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Wannsee Beach crowded with bathers. Sailboats at sea in the background. Men and women enjoy bathing on the beach.
United States fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean's English Channel on D-Day during the invasion of France. Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) underway. A task force in the English Channel includes battleships, destroyers and PT boats. A PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat passes the LCI and an AP (Transport). Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVPs) underway towards beach. Guns fire from the USS Nevada. Smoke rises from the firing and smoke screen. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) heads for the beach. (World War II period).
D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. The beach area of Iwo Jima. Trucks underway. Ships in the bay. U.S. troops and vehicles in the foreground. Ships in the background. Wreckage on the beach.
D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. U.S. Marines fire 155 Howitzer from gun emplacement. Navy personnel untangle a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel(LSVP) from a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). Jeep floundering in surf. Personnel try to push it. Army personnel pull LCVP up on the beach. (World War II period).
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