BRITISH TROOPS LAND ON D-DAY BEACHES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS LAND ON D-DAY BEACHES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: USA 83-2
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  • Summary: Uncut footage of some of the first (?) British (or possibly Canadian) troops disembarking from LCIs.
  • Description: Filmed from a camera fixed back on the port side of 3 different LCIs, troops are seen filing out into the shallow water of the beach as the front doors open and the landing craft gently swings about. A few shorefront buildings are seen in the middle distance.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: USA 83-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-06
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: United States Navy (Production sponsor) Office of Strategic Services (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 291 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    USA 83-2

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    USA 82 (INVASION VESSELS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WEYMOUTH (?), PRIOR TO D DAY [Allocated Title]) CVN 319 (THE TRUE GLORY [Main Title])
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