Video of the W5 strongpoint at Utah Beach on 6 June 1944
D-Day and Battle of Normandy videos
This section contains archive videos illustrating military operations in the Utah Beach sector during the Battle of Normandy.
Date of video: 6 June 1944
Subject: report on the landing operations at Utah Beach in the early afternoon of D-Day, near the W5 German strongpoint, where the Americans of the 4th Infantry Division captured SdKfz 302 Goliath tracked vehicles, which were wire-guided and capable of carrying 60 kilograms of explosives. The reinforcement vehicles are loaded onto Rhino ferries while German prisoners wait on the beach to be shipped to England, as enemy artillery continues to fire on the Allies. The cameraman films the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and the Horsa gliders in the Hiesville sector.
Locations:
– Hiesville, Manche, Normandy
– Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche, Normandy
– Utah Beach, Manche, Normandy
Units:
– 4th (US) Infantry Division
Source : US National Archives