A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized ( LCM ) comes onto the beach. A U.S. Army Sherman tank unloads from the LCM. An explosion occurs in the foreground. Smoke billows up due to the explosion. An LCM loaded with SHS (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) troops approaches the beach. The ramp of the LCM being lowered and the troops get off. Soldiers wade through water to reach the shore. A jeep passes on the beach.
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops in Florida. United States troops loaded in a landing craft during a practice invasion. The landing craft approaches the coast of Florida. Barrage balloons in flight. An explosion occurs at the beach. Soldiers unload from the landing craft and land at the beach. SCR-536 hand radio being used by the soldiers during simulated combat conditions. The soldiers fire rifles on the beach. Other landing crafts approach the beach as explosions occur. The soldiers unload and erect a flag at the beach. Landing crafts with beach mats and other engineering equipment arrive at the beach. The equipment being unloaded. The beach mats being laid out on the beach and the soldiers nail down the mats as they prepare the beachhead. A bulldozer levels the beach. Landing crafts carrying ammunition crates arrive at the coast. The soldiers unload the crates. The bulldozer pulls the crates along the beach. A signal man guides barges as they approach the shore. Military equipment being unloaded from the crafts. An engineer makes a detailed record. The equipment being unloaded. (World War II period).
Amphibious assault training during World War II. A crewman operates the controls of a winch aboard USS Callaway (APA-35) in the Pacific off Camp Pendleton, California. Two MZ radio jeeps are lowered into a hold. A Higgins Boat, LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) number PA35-15 is seen leaving the ship loaded with U.S. Marines. Marines climb down landing nets over the side of the ship and board more Higgins boats. Boats number PA35-12 and PA35-11 are seen filled with Marines heading towards the beach.
U.S. Marine amphibious assault training during World War II. jeep on the beach at Camp Pendleton. Dunes on the beach are marked in places with large signs of various kinds. landing craft partially ashore. One is adrift in the surf. A vehicle flying some sort of exercise flag goes down the beach and stops near a group of marines and some boxes in the surf. View from stern of a landing craft underway. Two Navy Grumman TBF aircraft buzz the beach. Landing craft maneuvering near the beach. A vehicle being lowered from attack transport ship into a landing craft. Several transport ships and a Navy dirigible are seen out from the beach. F6F aircraft buzz the transport from which film is shot. A landing craft approaching the beach. View forward from landing craft as a jeep with two occupants leaves and drives through the surf.
Camp Strathpine, an Australian training camp set up for the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division in Queensland, Australia during World War II. Soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division seated on logs of wood during a Protestant church services. The soldiers seated in front of an altar. The altar is made out of logs of wood. Lighted candles at the altar.
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, Commander, U.S. Sixth Army, on inspection tour of 1st Cavalry Division units training at Camp Strathpine, Queensland, Australia. He inspects wing of a glider, with skin open to reveal the internal structure. Next, accompanied by Major General Innis P. Swift, the Division Commander, he is briefed by an officer in a dugout. The Generals then walk through a campsite of tents, where a local commander (Colonel) accompanies General Krueger as he closely inspects the site and tents. Krueger emerging from a tent. General Swift heads to a car, and stands by it, as Krueger lingers to talk with local commanders. Next, Krueger is seen accompanied by a very tall Brigadier General, walking among tents.
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