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Jan Christiaan Smuts, Winston Churchill and Sir Alan Brooke on a warship in the Atlantic Ocean.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and others en route to visit a beachhead in France during World War II. British Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts aboard a British warship in the Atlantic Ocean. Winston Churchill smokes. He talks to General Sir Alan Brooke, Senior Commander in the British Army and other officers aboard the British warship in the English Channel. Churchill climbs up an elevator aboard the ship. Navy personnel wave at him.

Date: 1944, June 12
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045268
Towing operations of phoenix units, a Lobnitz pier head and a whale unit constructed by the Seabees in Normandy, France.

Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. Captain Clark is in charge of landing operations at Omaha beach and Commander Karlior, 108th Seabees battalion talk. Towing operations: Tugs used for towing phoenix units. The tugs take a whale unit in tow. A tug takes a phoenix unit in tow and anther with a whale unit in tow. Lobnitz spuds in tow. A formation of fighter aircraft in flight. Seabees crew and gun crew on phoenix unit. 40mm anti aircraft gun on the phoenix unit. Transport aircraft tow a glider.

Date: 1944, December 4
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045273
A diagram shows the formation of an artificial harbor constructed by the Seabees in Normandy, France.

Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. A diagram shows the formation of the artificial harbor. An animated diagram shows phoenix units, bombardons, a floating lobnitz pier, a pontoon bridge and a sunken ship. A high tide and a low tide shown on an animated chart.

Date: 1944, December 4
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045274
Tugs tow units of an artificial harbor and push phoenix units into position constructed by the Seabees in Normandy, France.

Creation of an artificial harbor and bridges by the Seabees in Normandy, France during World War II. Tugs with units of the artificial harbor in tow. A barrage balloon overhead. The tugs push phoenix units into position. Crew on the phoenix units works with lines. Flooded phoenix compartments. The phoenix units sunk in position. A Phoenix unit in sea and crew men on the unit.

Date: 1944, December 4
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045275
USAF Brigadier Generals James Parker and Dale Gaffney are introduced prior to air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War II

At the start of an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2, a U.S..Army Air Force Colonel introduces Brigadier General James G. Parker, Commanding General of the 4th Air Force, headquartered in San Francisco. General Parker says a few words of greeting. People applaud. The Colonel then introduces Air Force Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney, Commanding General of the Alaska Wing, Air Transport Command. He also says a few words. Then, (sound only) the Colonel introduces a Major, from Spokane, who had survived the Bataan Death March and also successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp.

Date: 1944, July 22
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045362
At an Air Show in Spokane, Washington, Major Samuel Grashio, survivor of Bataan Death March, speaks during World War II

Army Air Force Major Samuel Grashio speaks prior to an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2. He is from Spokane, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, and had successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp. The Major begins to describe his experiences during the fall of Corregidor and Bataan, during the Japanese invasion at the start of World War II in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the sound stops (purposely ?) as he gets into the details of his story.

Date: 1944, July 22
Duration: 5 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045363