An American ship with troops on board it is seen in the ocean in Normandy, France. Barrage balloons fly overhead. Vessels anchored at the beach.
A boat moves closer to a ship as a landing craft is seen in the foreground in Normandy, France. American soldiers get onto the ship from the boat. Two battle guns seen on the deck of the ship.
A barrage balloon flies over head an American landing craft in Normandy, France. Trucks move down to the beach as a landing craft moves towards the beach in the foreground. A cluster of tanks and vehicles moving onshore.. Many American ships.
Wreckage of U.S. landing craft USS LCI(L)-497 in water's edge at invasion beachhead in Normandy, France. Logistic operations are underway, following the June 6th Allied invasion in World War II. A barrage balloon flies above a hill overlooking Omaha beach. At left edge of frame, the end of a Rhino Ferry is seen with one of its engines and screw (propeller) touching the sand. On the beach are two large white markers on poles, to guide arriving craft. A path (draw) upward and through the hill is seen in the background. In fading light, military equipment is silhouetted atop the hill. Soldiers walk along the beach. Closeup of some damage on hull, and then camera shows entire beached Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 497, appearing otherwise, intact. The LCI had hit a mine during troop unloading operations on June 6, 1944. Views across the wide drained sand beach, at very low tide. Three army trucks backed up to a beached Rhino Ferry, are being loaded with supplies, by soldiers who slide them down from the barge on wooden planks. Closeup of the unloading/loading operations.
American tanks and other military vehicles being unloaded from a ship at a beach in Normandy, France during World War II. Tanks roll out on the beach after being unloaded as soldiers look on.
Wrecked American landing craft piled up on a beach in Normandy, France during World War II. Landing craft anchored at the coast as bullet marks are seen on one of them.
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