Operation Shingle amphibious landing in Italy during World War II. A medical team operates on a U.S. soldier on a beach, with two surgeons at work. Other medics or soldiers nearby observe the surgery. A wounded man on a small boat. A man wipes the hands of the wounded with cotton. Allied troops on the deck of a Landing Ship Tank and the wounded being taken aboard the LST. A close up of the wounded soldier.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at a beach on Leyte Island in the Philippines during World War II. Tents at a camp area. Palm trees in the background. Improvised showers and pipes running into shower heads. Soldiers eat food in a new mess tent. They stand in a chow line. The soldiers cook food in huge containers
U.S. Army soldiers coming ashore from D-Day landing crafts during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. View of some 5th Engineering Battalion soldiers rescued from a wrecked landing craft during the invasion. View of a wrecked landing craft. A landing craft on the shore. U.S. army medics treat the rescued soldiers. Landing craft of LST-51 reaches shore and U.S. soldiers come ashore from the landing craft. A view of the troops on Omaha beach strewn with gear. Some injured soldiers with wound dressings grab inflatables and board the landing craft at shore. Landing Craft Tank 29 (LCT-29) seen at shore. Heavy wind and surf pins a landing craft at shore as it works to free itself and return to ship.
A British film which demonstrates the use of their equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. Several shots of fire from a British 2 pounder anti tank gun. A damaged concrete block. A tank approaches the concrete block. A British soldier on the tank. The tank hits the concrete block. A 6 ½ lb beehive kept on a concrete. The concrete blocks. The 6 ½ pound beehive is fired. The damaged concrete block.
A British film which demonstrates the use of their equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. Several shots of fire from a 6 pounder (pdr) anti tank gun. The concrete blocks shattered up to 200 cubic feet. Mountains in the background. A tank approaches the concrete blocks. A British soldier stands in the background. The damaged concrete block.
A British film which demonstrates the use of various equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. A 9 feet high and 6 feet tall wall. Barbed wires on the wall. A Carrot charger attached to a tank rolls down from a landing craft. The tank approaches the concrete wall. Tanks move on the ground. The Carrot charger is fired. Smoke rises due to firing. A 13 feet gap in the wall. Damaged wall and soldiers in the background. The tank climbs up the gap in the wall. British Matilda tank stuck in the gap and climbs the wall with difficulty. British tank Churchill goes through the gap easily. Ocean in the background. The same concrete wall. Hayrick elongated beehive charge is fired on the same wall. Smoke rises due to firing on the wall. British soldiers and officer stand on the damaged wall. Tanks climb up the damaged wall. Trucks in the background. Officers and soldiers look at the tanks climb.
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