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US National Archive Footage

Comprised in six movies below, is actual footage of the US Military exercises that took place off of the Devon coast between January and March of 1944. The movies form part of The US National Archives and Records. There is no sound.

Videos

US National Archive
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USS LST511 offloading German POWs at a British port in 1944.

VIDEO 1:

US ARMY & NAVY LANDING MANOEUVERS, SLAPTON SANDS, ENGLAND: 8TH JANUARY, 1944

US DUCKS & TRUCKS; SLAPTON SANDS DWELLINGS EVACUATED ROYAL MARINES & SAILORS TRAIN US ARMY AT DARTMOUTH: 10TH JANUARY, 1944

VIDEO 2:

US DUCKS & TRUCKS; SLAPTON SANDS DWELLINGS EVACUATED ROYAL MARINES & SAILORS TRAIN US ARMY AT DARTMOUTH: 10TH JANUARY, 1944

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVERS, SLAPTON SANDS DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

VIDEO 3:

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVERS, SLAPTON SANDS DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

VIDEO 4:

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

VIDEO 5:

JOINT ARMY & NAVY AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, DEVON, ENGLAND: 14TH FEBRUARY, 1944

TRAINING AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, ENG: 17TH MARCH, 1944

VIDEO 6:

TRAINING AMPHIBIOUS MANOEUVRES, SLAPTON SANDS, ENG: 17TH MARCH, 1944

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