Title:ASSAULT UNITS BOUND FOR "SWORD" BEACH HEAD FOR THE INVASION COAST OF NORMANDY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 28-1
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Summary: Film showing an LCT convoy en route for France with Force "S"
Description: I. With each vessel flying a barrage balloon, tank landing craft belonging to Group 7 carrying vehicles for 8th Brigade units and the 13/18th Hussars steam out of the Spithead. On the cameraman's own craft, LCT 215, two troopers from the Hussars watch the shore at Southsea recede. The three man crew of the LCT's port bridge Oerlikon gun is seen on duty. On the bridge, the captain, an RNVR Lieutenant, chats to another officer; a naval rating sends a message by flag to another vessel.
II. The LCT convoy steams through choppy waters towards France. As the moment nears, the Hussars' technical holds an 'O' Group with his NCOs; a three-man RN Bombardment Observation Team opens their sealed orders. A battleship, HMS Ramillies, steams past in the distance. Seven miles off 'Sword' Beach, LCTs carrying reinforcements for 8th Brigade steam past LCTs and the LSI(L)s Maid of Orleans, Glenearn and Empire Battleaxe. In the distance, Force "S"'s warships bombard shore targets; the cameraman's own LCT approaches the haze-covered 'Queen Red' Beach.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 28-1
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-06-06
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film Unit (Production company)
O'Neill, F D (Production individual)
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Keywords: Spithead, Hampshire, England, UK (geography)
English Channel (geography)
Seine (Bay), France (geography)
