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Description: | Concept: shipping, military vehicles, transport, civilian morale, supplies / provisions, aerial view, seascape Description: whole: the six images occupy the majority, each held within a white border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black, held within a red inset. The subtitle and text are separate and placed at the centre, in black. All set against a yellow background, and held within two red borders. image: the first image is a wide-angle depiction of a floating port. The second image depicts a tugboat towing a section of port. The third image depicts a the assembly of a floating port. The fourth image is an aerial view of a temporary port. The fifth image depicts a floating pier being towed at sea. The sixth image depicts supplies being unloaded at a wharf. text: WAR PICTORIAL 1 The problem of supplying the vast Allied Armies in Normandy was solved by the greatest feat of constructional engineering this war has seen. Ports the size of Dover were prefabricated in Britain, towed across the Channel and assembled off the coast of France within ten days. 2 1 OFF THE COAST OF NORMANDY. TWO PORTS WERE COMPLETED SOON AFTER D-DAY, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY VIOLENT STORMS. 2 TOWING ONE OF THE HUGE CONCRETE CAISSONS ACROSS THE CHANNEL. 3 ASSEMBLING ONE OF THE BREAKWATERS FROM PARTS MANUFACTURED IN BRITAIN. BRITISH AND AMERICAN ARMIES LANDED THEIR TROOPS AND SUPPLIES AT THE UNDAMAGED PORT. 4 THIS AERIAL VIEW OF A COMPLETED PORT SHOWS SOMETHING OF THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ACHIEVEMENT. 5 A 480-FOOT ASSEMBLED PIER CROSSES THE CHANNEL; A PICTURE TAKEN WHILE THE PIER WAS ACTUALLY UNDER TOW. 6 ONE OF THE WHARVES IN USE. TANKS, AMMUNITION, FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES ARE UNLOADED AT THEM, AND WOUNDED ARE EMBARKED FOR BRITAIN. 5 3 4 6 G.P.D./311/23/61. Object: caisson, floating port, ship, boat, crane, truck, house | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2587... | Go to resource |
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