View from above, of railroads and rail yards in vicinity of the seaport of Bordeaux, France during World War I. Locomotive moving short train of war materiel for American base Section Number 2, past a large hill of cut logs. Numerous railroad tracks and roads around them. Materials piled up in various places throughout the area. Crane moving cargo. Smoke rising from self-propelled steam railroad crane on railroad track. Trains loaded with cargo on railroad tracks in the port, with large ships tied up at dock next to tracks. Many men at work throughout the port. Large cranes on rails, moving cargo between ships and docks. Teams of African American soldiers, some with wheel barrows, building new rail spurs in the port. An American soldier walking along the rails in midst of workers. Train station under construction. Moveable derrick on rails with smoke stack on top. Several yard workers run across tracks.
Transfering U.S. Army cargo from ships to rail cars, at seaport in Bordeaux,France. Freighters and cranes at dock for supply of Base Section Number 2 during World War I. Warehouses buildings in the background. Dock cranes operate and unload military cargo from ships. U.S. Army troops, using tractor, haul trailer loaded with crates. One soldier holds on back of trailer with his feet up, getting a ride. African American stevedores of U.S. Army Service battalions, using hand carts, load a railroad car, with USA written on its side. Others throw wooden cargo cartons into a cargo net. They attach it with crane sling. Crane pulls it up and places it near railroad car. World War 1 African American stevedores load cargo in railroad car.
African American stevedores of U.S. Army Service Battalion, World War 1, transfer military cargo from ships to railroad cars, at seaport, in Bordeaux, France, supplying Base Section Number 2. They move cartons, piled up on pier, to trolleys. U.S. Army officer steps forward to organize work, and another soldier starts to help, tossing cartons to stevedores. Freighter in the background. Stevedore rides past on motorized tractor. Others stand near stack of iron bars, as dock crane lowers cargo net filled with cartons. Stevedores release cargo cartons from crane sling. African American U.S. Army stevedores pose for the camera. Men haul wheel cart and trailer. Crane loads iron bar stack aboard railroad car, as U.S. Army supervisor personally shifts its direction, as it descends, to allow it to fit.
Allied convoy underway for the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. British sailors on the deck of a ship. The convoy includes LSTs (Landing Ships Tank), LCIs (Landing Crafts Infantry), destroyers, battleships and rocket ships. The bow of a battleship shows British sailors. Convoy vessels with barrage balloons overhead. Omaha Beachhead shows Allied landing crafts and ships.
Allied troops on a beach after the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. A sign on the side of a building at Omaha Beachhead reads 'Couseulles and Bayeux'. Allied troops and vehicles on the beachhead.
Allied troops on a beach after the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. British sailors unload supplies at Omaha Beachhead. Soldiers climb a hill.
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