At film start, a Large transport ship is seen anchored in a bay with hills in the background. The ship is surrounded by several smaller boats and two small ships with two funnels each. Closeups of those small ships next to the large transport. View from above of American soldiers with their steel helmets and military gear, exiting the transport ship by a side door, as their names are checked off a list by another soldier. Next, several of the soldiers are seen standing at the railing of a smaller ship looking over the side. Hills and shore facilities are clearly visible in the near background. View from deck of the transport ship of the open upper deck of one small ship where many American soldiers are seated. View upward from the small ship to the side of the large transport ship. View from among the American troops of the large transport ship, as their smaller ship moves away from it. Two tug boats are next to the transport ship in the background. Closeups of some soldiers on deck of their smaller ship.
U.S. troops in England during World War 2. American soldier refuels a military truck from a jerry can. . Soldiers loaded in truck. American soldiers loaded in United States Army trucks traveling in a convoy. Soldiers proceed on foot as they move past buildings in Falmouth moor. Two school children watch them. One GI has a small dog on a rope leash. Soldiers lined up with British shops in the background. One shows sign "OXO" in window (OXO stock cubes are popular English food product.) Red Cross volunteers serve doughnuts and candy bars to soldiers.
U.S. troops in England during World War II. Troops remove their combat gear.They stack arms and equipment outside recreation facility operated by NAAFI (Navy,Army,Air Force Institute, a British Government service organization for enlisted military personnel) Combat gear lying on ground. Soldiers being issued personal flotation gear. Soldiers lined up to receive the gear. Supplies being loaded onto a truck. Wooden crates being transferred onto a boat with the help of a wooden plank. The boat flies a pennant with 48 white stars on a solid field. It contains no stripes. Sign on dispensing machine at wharf reads "Nestle's Chocolate." The boat is manned by U.S. Coast Guardsmen. Military jeeps lined up on the wharf. Soldiers around the jeeps. A soldier loaded in a truck being helped by another soldier to strap his gear onto his shoulder.
American troops in England during World War II, near time of preparations for invasion of France. Troops are marshalled on dock. They line up and descend as their names are checked off on a list by soldier with Army Service Forces patch on his arm.Soldiers board boat. Some U.S. Army soldiers seen walking across three small British landing craft, using them as a bridge to outer part of dock. British ships seen across the harbor.
United States Army troops aboard a ship underway in a convoy headed for England, in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Destroyers and other ships are part of the convoy. Troops in hammocks aboard ship. They play card game, sing and play musical instruments on board ship. Soldiers read, write a letter, stitch an insignia, sleep. Coast Guard radio operator sending morse code message with a key. Men load cartridges into ammunition belts on board ship. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Opening scene shows bow of the American transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33), anchored in a bay in Scottish waters. United States Coast Guard crews, from the Bayfield, practice maneuvering their Higgins boats landing craft in the bay. Snow can be seen on the surrounding terrain. Various landing craft speed about in the bay. A Coast Guardsman seated at the edge of a landing craft. A crewman on one craft is signaling by hand. His craft display a three striped pennant.(World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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