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Equipment loaded in planes and gliders for Allied D-Day invasion during World War II.

Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 plane taxis along and lands. Ground crewmen run over and attach towing device to tail section of C-47 aircraft. Towing device attached to nose section of the aircraft. Interior of the plane tows the glider and interior of the glider towed. C-47s towing gliders in formation. C-47 planes fly at an extremely low altitude. Pilot and co-pilot of C-47. Tow release device of a glider. Pilot releases the tow machine. Gliders descend and land in small open field. One of the gliders hits a tree while landing and its wing tip knocked off. Men unload equipment from a glider. Paratroopers unload guns, equipment and ammunition from a glider. Canons, equipment and ammunition loaded into jeeps, trailers. Men advance across area after leaving gliders.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048603
Commanders of the United Nations discuss the strategy for Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. General Dwight D Eisenhower and other officers at SHEAF (Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force) as they confer about the invasion. Inside the headquarters, Commanders of Navy, Army and Air Force at a meeting. British ground crewmen work on English Horsa gliders. 9th Troop Carrier Command paints U.S. insignia on side of Horsa. United States C-47 plane takes off and a wind wane indicates wind direction. C-47 planes fly across at low altitude, two poles with pick up rope attached between them. C-47 makes aerial pick ups of gliders. Interior of C-47 plane crew members shove off large cargo packs out. Cargo packs and parachutes descend.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048604
Commanders of United Nations discuss the strategy for D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Practice missions of Allied troops and aircraft. Allied paratroopers lined up with equipment as an officer inspects them. United States C-47 aircraft in flight as they tow gliders. Gliders land in a field. Several demolished British Horsa gliders. A paratrooper drives a jeep that pulls a canon from a partly demolished CG-4A glider.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048605
Officer briefs pilots about D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Final preparations for Allied invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day) during World War II. On day before the Normandy invasion an officer briefs pilots about the first flight of invasion. Commanding General of an Airborne Division talks to men in an open field. Paratroopers offer prayers at a service prior to the invasion. Troop Carrier Command area with tents and personnel. Paratroopers inspected by General Dwight D Eisenhower. Paratroopers with their faces blackened.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048608
Allied paratroopers board aircraft for D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Airborne paratrooper soldiers march on air field in groups. Men relax beneath aircraft. Men inspect the parapaks. Men apply camouflage make up on each others faces. A man reads out a message from Supreme Commander. Equipment loaded, man eats pineapple and other checks sub machine guns. Indian paratroopers in full battledress and equipment. Men inspected by pilot and crew chief and then by a jump master. Paratroopers board an aircraft. One British paratrooper with British type ammunition leg pack assisted by another paratrooper into the aircraft. Men march across air field. C-47 planes take off for invasion.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048609
Allied paratroopers land on D-Day to invade Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 aircraft in flight at early dawn. Interior of aircraft paratroopers prepare to jump and attach lines to overhead cables. Men bail out of aircraft. Paratroopers land jump from nearly 40 C-47 planes. Paratroopers load into aircrafts at dusk. Aircrafts in flight, CG 4A gliders descend.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048610
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