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U.S. General Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Churchill inspect equipment, supplies and review a parachute jump in England.

U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England during World War 2.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower, and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, with other officials and officers, visit RAF Welford airfield in Berkshire County, England (then home to the 435th Troop Carrier Group). They are hosted by Brigadier General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, together with members of his staff, including: Brigadier General Don F Pratt and Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe. They tour various exhibits of engineers, artillery, anti aircraft and paratroop units. They inspect equipment, gliders, and supplies. From a reviewing stand, they observe a paratroop exercise involving formations of C-47 transport planes, from which large numbers of paratroopers jump, filling the skies with parachutes. Generals Eisenhower, Brigadier General Taylor and Prime Minister Churchill salute colors as they review troops. They walk among displays of troopers, equipment, and U.S. CG-4A gliders. Assisted by General Taylor, Prime Minister Churchill climbs aboard a British Horsa glider to examine it. He shakes hands and converses with Colonels of the 101st, including: Col.George S. Wear, commander, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment; Col. George V. H. Moseley, Jr., Commander, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment; Colonel Howard R.Johnson, commander, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment; and Col. Thomas L. Sherburne, 101st Airborne Division's Artillery Commander.

Date: 1944, March 23
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076989
General Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill visit U.S. 101st Airborne Division at RAF Welford, England, in World War II

During visit to 101st Airborne Division at RAF Welford airfield in Berkshire County, England, General Eisenhower is seen smiling while standing on a reviewing platform, along with British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, and Brigadier General Maxwell Taylor, Commander of the 101st. Eisenhower smiles and uses binoculars to watch as 1,500 U.S. paratroopers are dropped from C-47 transport aircraft flying overhead. After the demonstration, Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor,enter the back back seat of an open Dodge 3/4-ton T214 vehicle, being used as a staff car. The car proceeds along a road, with driver and a British official in the front seat. Colonel George S. Wear, Commander,327th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR), is seen standing with officers of his unit. Prime Minister Churchill addresses troopers of the 101st Division, while standing in the staff car. General Eisenhower stands among the soldiers listening. Colonel Wear and officers of the 327th GIR, including a Chaplain, are seen applauding.

Date: 1944, March 23
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076990
General Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill visit the 101st Airborne Division in England during World War II

While visiting the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, at RAF Welford in Berkshire, England, in World War 2, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Eisenhower, inspect the inside of a British Horsa glider. Eisenhower steps down from the cabin as Brigadier General Maxwell Taylor, Commander of the 101st, assists Prime Minister Churchill down the steps. Churchill then peers into the open back of a U.S. CG-4A glider. He stops to look at paratrooper rations displayed on a table, as Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe explains them. Churchill and Eisenhower then review formation of paratroopers, accompanied by Brigadier Maxwell Taylor, and followed by Brigadier General Don F. Pratt. They walk among the troopers, one of whom is a British paratrooper. The Generals salute as they pass the unit colors. Further on they pass a color guard and the Generals salute, as Churchill removes his hat. Churchill is seen at a microphone. Change of scene shows C-47s flying overhead with paratroopers descending and spectators watching them. another view of Churchill and Eisenhower entering Dodge 3/4-ton T214 vehicle, after the paratroop drop, and driving among troops seen in combat positions on the field.

Date: 1944, March 23
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076991
American paratroopers engage in practice maneuvers in England during World War II

Group of U.S. World War 2 paratroopers being briefed by one of their officers (US Army Captain) who points, on a large scale relief map, to landing zones for practice maneuvers. The troopers wear early version of the Parachute Infantry patch on their overseas caps. Troopers wearing their parachutes are briefed by another officer. Groups of paratroopers file out to U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport airplanes and board them. Officer inspects individual troopers and their chutes, as they prepare to climb aboard an airplane. the C-47s taxi out and take off. The C-47s join up in a large formation and fly low over the field. View from copilot's window of the formation flying over English farmland and a village. Aerial view of C-47s in formation with their fuselage doors open. Several aerial views of the formations. Paratroopers seated inside a C-47. Several smoke cigarettes. The name: "Rouby" stenciled on paratrooper's helmet. One trooper smokes a cigar. A trooper walks along passing out cigarettes to others, and lighting them. The troopers all stand up and hook their rip cords to a static line. Aerial view of troopers parachuting from their airplanes, near smoke-marked fields.

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077001
American paratroopers are dropped from C-47 aircraft during practice maneuvers in England during World War II

U.S. paratroopers stand near open door of a C-47 transport, ready to jump, in a practice exercise, in England, during World War 2. One trooper leans out the opening, carefully looking over the situation. He has a lit cigar in his mouth. Another view shows a Captain, commanding them, poised in the open cargo door. He jumps and the rest of his "stick" of paratroopers follow in quick succession. Another group of paratroopers repeats the process. Scene shifts to views taken from a camera fastened to a paratrooper's leg. His face is seen. He grimaces at the shock of chute opening and then smiles. The open parachute is seen above him. He lands on his back with chute behind him in a grass field. A large formation of C-47s seen overhead, dropping paratroopers, who fill the sky as they descend. Paratroopers are seen as they land. White smoke is seen in the background, marking the drop zone.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077002
American paratroopers engage in large-scale exercise, jumping from C-47 airplanes during World War II

Seen from inside the airplane, a "stick" of U.S. paratroopers jumps from open door of a C-47 during a World War 2 practice exercise in England. Aircraft crewmen retrieve their static lines after they jump. An aerial view from adjacent airplane, of paratroopers jumping from a C-47. View of the formation flying South to North over RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire (home to the 437th Troop Carrier Group between Feb 44 and Feb 45). Numerous hardstands can be seen on the airfield, below, as paratroopers jump from aircraft. A U.S. paratrooper captain leads his men in a jump. A formation of C-47s overhead with parachutes deployed below them. Close views of paratroopers hitting the ground after the jump. Camera focusing on a single paratrooper, as he descends, hits the ground, flips over, and is dragged by his still open chute.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077003