A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. Commander Jorden of 111th Battalion in Normandy. U.S. Navy camp area as sailors come out of tents. Wrecked crafts at the shore after a storm hit the area on June 18, 1944. Seabees work on repair barges. Another artificial harbor at Arromanches in Normandy.
A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A pier head as trucks are being loaded with supplies. Ships underway at sea. A Rhino ferry along side a Liberty ship as cargo is being loaded onto it. A jeep in a hoist as it it is unloaded onto a Rhino ferry. A Rhino ferry carries vehicles to the shore. A jeep followed by a truck as they drive onto the shore. Men of 1006 Pontoon Detachment work on a causeway. A U.S. Naval dispensary at Utah beach. A camp being established at the beach. Commanding officer Jack Green Walter arrives in a car at the camp site. Food being prepared at the camp kitchen. At Cherbourg, a main pier with a railroad station. A crane lifts damaged equipment.
A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A German chart of Cherbourg harbor. Allied officers at a German hospital restructured by the 28th Battalion. A statue of Napoleon on a street. A naval headquarter building. Dr. Anderson of 81st Battalion with the first French baby delivered by him. The baby named 'Seabee' with his parents.
Aftermath of Allied bombings in southern France, Rhone River Valley, Montelimar, during World War II. Wrecked vehicles along a road. Civilians on a bicycle ride past the wrecked vehicles. A partly wrecked bridge. Civilians on the bicycle cross the wrecked bridge. Damaged civilian and military vehicles in a village. A damaged building as a result of Allied bombings. A wrecked truck with its tires burnt off along the side of a road.
Allied soldiers in Southern France, rhone river Valley, Montelimar, during World War II. Wrecked vehicles along a road. American trucks drive past the wrecked vehicles. French people give wine to American soldiers. The soldiers drink from their glasses. A French woman and an American soldier kiss each other. French children wave goodbye. Soldiers leave a farmyard.
United States airmen at Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during World War II. A radio station in a trailer as men operate the controls. Commander of the 65th Fighter Squadron Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond brings in a request to the man at controls. Colonel Wymond opens the door of the trailer and hands over a request to another man.
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