US COASTGUARD FILM UNIT MATERIAL, JUNE 1944 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: US COASTGUARD FILM UNIT MATERIAL, JUNE 1944 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: USA 85
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  • Summary: Scenes of US troops in Normandy on or shortly after D-Day.
  • Description: GIs clamber down the side of their LS(I) and board LCVPs moored alongside. GIs wade ashore through waist-high water onto 'Omaha' Beach (taken from the cameraman's LCVP some time after the first assault waves - there is a conspicuous absence of debris, wrecked equipment, bodies etc). A US Gleaves/Livermore type destroyer is seen near a smoking patch of water (site of a sunken landing craft or destroyer ?).
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: USA 85
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: US Coastguard Film Unit (Production company) Whitwer (C Pho M) (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 242 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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