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Coast Guard Troop Transport Ship. Crew and Army soldiers practice loading vehicles and equipment aboard the ship

American troops and Coast Guard ship's crew practice loading vehicles and personnel aboard Coast Guard Troop Transport ship in England, during World War II. A United States Army jeep being hoisted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Troop Transport ship at a port in England in March, 1944. Men load jeep onto the ship. Boxes in a net being hoisted aboard ship. An officer directs the loading operations. United States Army troops board the ship. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, March
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051449
U.S. Transport ships with Coast Guard crews arrive in England during World War II.

United States Coast Guard Troop Transport ships arrive in England during World War II. Troops are all on deck aboard the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) watching as she approaches the coast of England in February , 1944.Views of soldiers watching from various places on the ship. The last few seconds of the films also shows similar views of troops arriving on the USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051448
Allied forces preparing in England for the Invasion of Normandy.

A dramatized film entitled "Beachhead to Berlin" describes preparations for the Allied invasion of France and the drive toward Berlin. Film combines actors and actual footage. Harbor in Greenway England in July, 1944. U.S. Coast Guard Barracks. Coast Guard men playing cards. One on a bunk contemplating. Chaplain's office: Chaplain typing and smoking a pipe. Audio narration of his letter being read, describing how things transpired at the Normandy beaches during the Invasion of France. Then actual footage of wounded being transported on ships after D-Day Normandy invasion. In England, footage of LCIs, LCVPs, Coast Guard cutters, including the Flying Angel Rescue Cutter. All of these ships participating in "dry run" practices for the actual Normandy landing. Coast Guard crews on decks of ships. Infantry loading landing crafts in England for dry runs. Landing craft arriving on English beaches during dry runs. A jeep drives off a landing craft and gets stuck on metal mesh on the beach. A tank is driven off a landing craft. Men maintaining ships. Scraping rust from the deck, painting identifications on ships, repairing rope ladders, and welding. (World War II period).

Location: Greenway England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 4 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031064
U.S. Army General John Pershing arrives at a base camp and inspects rail road guns in Derby, England, United Kingdom.

Activities of soldiers in Derby, England, United Kingdom during World War I. The U.S. Army General John J Pershing arrives at a military base. The soldiers stand at attention. General Pershing with the staff reviews the soldiers. Views of various heavy rail guns. The General inspects a railroad gun. The soldiers aiming the railway gun to demonstrate it to General Pershing.

Location: Derby England United Kingdom
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063073
A woman looks at art objects in Russian Prince Vladimir Galitzine's emporium in London, England United Kingdom.

Antique shop of White Russian emigre Prince Vladimir Galitzine at 20 Berkeley Street in London, England, United Kingdom. A wealthy woman customer, dressed in furs, is seen examining various objects in the shop. A portrait of Russian Emperor Nicholas II with an antique frame. Closeup of a white pitcher holding a piece of paper with a drawing of a Russian Orthodox church, and the words: "Emperor's Memorial Fund." Sidewalk view of ground-level display case containing antique items. The Berkeley street address, 20A, is painted above the display. Closeup shows a sign above the address, reading "Prince Vladimir Galitzine Antiques." A closeup of the Haut Couture Boutique of White Russian emigre, Anna de Wolkoff (aka Anna Nikolayevna Wolkova) with sign reading "Anna de Wolkoff."

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063446
United States Coast Guard preparing for the Allied invasion of Normandy (WW2)

June 9, 1944. Sand flats seen at low tide in Normandy, France. Allied forces fighting their way inland during the Normandy invasion (Three days after D-Day) in World War II. Landing craft and destroyed buildings on the beaches of Normandy. German steel beach obstacles have been stacked out of the way. A United States Sherman DD tank sunk in sand. Badly damaged LCT-25 on the beach at Normandy, with her cargo of half-tracks still aboard and remains of the first one off, sitting at her ramp where it was hit by a German shell. Higgins Boat riddled with bullet holes. Scene shifts to January 1944 when United States Army troops descend from a troop transport ship into LCT-504 for practice maneuvers in the Chesapeake Bay. A soldier operates a Higgins Boat. Another soldier directs a Higgins Boat to the shore. Troops hit the beach in Higgins Boats driven by U.S. Coast Guardsmen from the Attack Transport ship, USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). United States troops carry equipment or belongings as they board ships to England in February 1944. Views of live aboard transport ships in convoys crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Coast Guardsmen near weapons at duty stations. Some troops are seen wearing life vests on board. Troops sleep or lie in hammocks in their quarters. Soldiers pass the time by playing cards, sleeping, reading and writing letters, and mending clothes on deck. Troops line the deck of the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33), as the ship approaches port in England. Landing craft from the Bayfield, carrying troops, are seen in assault training exercises in England. Troops wading ashore during training. Coast Guard officers and sailors are seen aboard larger landing ships in exercises. Coast Guard officer smoking a cigar, as landing craft from the USS Samuel Chase speeds away after landing troops ashore. Trucks drive ashore from landing craft. Scene shifts to May 1944 and a formation of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft dropping bombs on enemy targets in Normandy. Aerial view shows bombs falling.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065477
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