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VIDEO ARCHIVE

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

ARC Identifier 76060 / Local Identifier 428-NPC-1545

Description: 1) LS MS Wave LCMs hit beach, ducks & LCMs BG-SV. 2) GV Cub plane passes over men on beach, tanks on beach LCMs BG. 3) GV 2 LCIs, shore BG. LS-Pan LCI, LCMs & ducks underway. 4) MS LCI passes, duck & LCI BG. LS Wave of LCPs. 5) MS LCT with tank, tank fires, shore BG. 6) LS Phosphorus smoke shells burst on beach. 7) LS Beach, man on tank with binocs.-SV. 8) GV Water-proofed tank leaves beached LCT over barbed wire. 9) LS 3 water-proofed tanks leave beach in surf, (dirty & scratched).

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