Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. BRIEF FOR INVASION

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. War Films. 1942 - 1945. BRIEF FOR INVASION

1944

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Reel 1, troops land at Normandy; paratroops enplane in England. Shows brief industrial scenes; accumulated materiel; and Allied wreckage and dead after the Dieppe raide (1942). Describes how information about German defenses is gained. Reel 2 diagrams Ger. invasion defenses; shows railway guns, pillboxes, rocket launchers, and a fortified town. Reel 3, planes down enemy fighters and bomb and strafe targets Gen. Arnold describes materiel needed for aerial warfare. Gen. McNair speaks on the needs of ground forces. Reel 4, Gen. Somervell urges increased production {as miscellaneous industrial and war scenes are shown.}

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