Advance In Normandy (1944)

Title reads: "Advance in Normandy".
Allied Forces invasion of Northern France.
Various shots of American troops advancing through bombed village (St. Sauveur). American soldiers use bulldozers to destroy dangerous buildings. C/U of road sign pointing towards Cherbourg and Konig (sign is in German). More shots tanks, army vehicles and infantry advancing.
Various shots of Royal Naval barrage off coast of Normandy. Aerial shots of RAF (Royal Air Force) bombers bombing marshalling yards. Aeroplanes are marked with black and white stripes on invasion forces. Various shots of rocket projectiles being prepared for and loaded into the rocket projector aircraft, the Typhoons. Various shots of crews preparing for takeoff. A camera in placed under wing of aeroplane. L/S of Typhoons taking off in pairs. Aerial shots from camera in wing of the rockets being fired at targets in Northern France.
C/U of sign for town Quineville. Various shots of bombed out ruins of town. The ruins are still smouldering as American infantry advance along roads. M/S of American troops firing field guns. L/S of explosions around village on horizons. Various shots U.S. infantry advancing down country road.
M/S of American soldiers marching German prisoners through town square Carentan.
FILM ID:1360.12
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USS Barnett (APA-5) with LCVPs around her. During the Normandy landings Barnett carried troops of 4th Infantry Division to Utah Beach.
US Navy photo. Photos and text scanned from "D-Day In Photographs by Portsmouth City Council", The History Press. ISBN 978 7524 7479 3.
General Teddy Roosevelt, 56 years old, was on the USS Barnett.
My Uncle Don Wells was an Ensign on the USS Barnett. It was the first to land troops. He spoke of delivering General Teddy Roosevelt to the beach who commanded the landings from the beach with no concern for his safety. Evidently, the Barnett then went to Italy, and then on to the Pacific. He never said what he did in the Pacific. As for what happened at Normandy he did not talk about it even to his kids, only telling me that it was "Hell."

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