Sherman Medium M4 Tank Duplex Drive. The Sherman DD- A report to the Commanding General, European Theater of Operations. Sherman Duplex Drive (DD) in water. Four soldiers on Sherman. Sherman covered with canvas. Technician at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory works on the Sherman. Gauges on tank. Machines on tank. Canvas side wall goes up. Technician puts struts into place. The canvas expands. He pushes a lever and the canvas goes down. Barrel of artillery visible. He turns its barrel. (Note: filmed at Metropolitan Cammel Midlands factory, Birmingham, England who built and designed the DD equipment to be fitted to U.S. built Sherman tanks. As it is a prototype, the air controls are not in the same place as on production machines.) (World War II period).
The U.S. Sherman Medium M4 Tank in United States. The Sherman DD-A report to the Commanding General. Technician turns a valve at Sherman Duplex Drive(DD). He pushes a lever and the canvas sidewall goes down. He works under tank. Wheel track moves. He pulls a lever. The propellers comes out. The propellers run. Technician points to parts. He operates the propellers. Technician presses buttons and pushes lever. The canvas wall side of tank goes up. Sherman DD moves out of Landing Ship Tank (LST) and makes its way towards the beach.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied soldiers fire artillery and mortars. Troops advance after D-Day invasion along a road into the city of Saint Marcouf. Men of United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Division march into villages. A sign reads ' Sainte Marie Mont', ' Montebourg' and ' Point Labbe.' Heavy artillery being fired, camouflaged gun positions as paratroopers continue to advance. Paratroopers enter the town of Carentan, past a disabled M4 Sherman tank, fitted for deep wading on Utah beach. Paratroopers ride a captured German armored vehicle. Another paratrooper rides a bay horse. Two men ride a captured Sd.Kfz.2 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, also known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 tracked motorcycle, down the street. Vehicle tows a small trailer loaded with ammunition. U.S, soldiers march German prisoners of war in the streets.
Liberation of Stalag 7A, German camp for Allied POWs, in Moosburg, Germany during World War II. Sign at front gate reads: "Kriegsgefangenen, Mannschafts Stammlager VIIA" A U.S. M4 Sherman tank sits at the front gate with several liberated prisoners around it. American flag flies from tall pole near camp entrance. Many liberated prisoners can be seen walking about in the central area of the camp. What appears to be a French tricolor flag flies over one of the barracks buildings.
End of World War II in Europe. Quiet street scene. U.S Army soldiers collect German prisoners of war in Linz, Danube, Upper Austria. The prisoners are assembled under guard around the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz. A German General is seen at front of one contingent of prisoners, as they walk under guard to the holding area. M4 Sherman tanks and army vehicles are seen in the area.
End of World War II in Europe. German prisoners of war are held under guard at the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz, Austria. American M4 Sherman tanks loaded with U.S. Army soldiers cross the "Niebelungen" Bridge as they enter the town.
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