Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: America Tries Out Her Amphibious Forces

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1004
Date Released
30 Aug 1948
Date submitted
26 Aug 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Combined Amphibious Exercises. DESCRIPTION: A combined exercise by the American Army, Navy and Air Force, makes amphibious landing. SHOTLIST: KS GV ships laying smoke screen. Semi into camera - ships line ahead, all laying smoke. MS stern of ship, shows smoke pouring from same. MS frogmen falling off side of LCI into water. GV beach with defences, pillboxes etc. Frogmen lays dynamite. GV defences blowing up. Troops scale down nets over side of ships. LCI craft making for the shore approach camera. LCT launched from deck of ship. Same hitting water. Several GVs of naval ships firing guns. LCT make the beach, troops rush off along beach. Troops off LCT into camera. Troops off LCTs, out of camera, beach in background. Helicopter hovers over beach & passenger gets off same. Various general views of activity during landing of troops. Guns set up, artillery firing. MS flame throwers going into action.
Keywords
Aviation; Navy; Military
Locations
Virginian Coast
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
50687
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: America Tries Out Her Amphibious Forces', British Movietone News Issue No. 1004, 30 Aug 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15289 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)