U.S. Navy officers and sailors aboard a landing craft still at port in England, pose with chart of their destination in Normandy, France, during World War 2. They all raise their caps for the cameraman. U.S. troops fill deck of a large landing craft infantry (film reversed). Views of other landing craft underway. U.S. troops standing aft on a ship. View of a destroyer escort ship. Landing craft underway in moonlight. Barrage balloon visible overhead. A camouflaged Benham class destroyer passing abeam the camera ship. More views of landing craft and barrage balloons. Officer aboard ship using a telescope. A Destroyer escort and another view of the Benham class destroyer. (These color sequences are reversed) Black and White sequence 02:36 to 03:39 shows members of the Canadian North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment approaching and landing on D-day, at La Rive Plage,Bernieres-sur-Mer, France. Scenes are interposed with some of U.S. troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach. At time code 03:40, Troops of the U.S. Army First Division, the "Big Red One," are seen wading ashore on Omaha beach, from Higgins boats of the transport ship, USS Samuel Chase. (APA-26). U.S. soldiers reaching the beach from the surf, as two fall to German gunfire.
The role of United States 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) in various campaigns during World War II. Allied ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldier of United States 1st Infantry division practice an amphibious landing during training in England. Naval guns being fired on D-Day, June 6th , 1944. Troops of 1st Infantry Division climb down landing nets onto a landing craft. Soldiers land at Normandy Omaha beach in France on D-Day. Some soldiers drop to ground, shot crossing the beach. Troops move inland. Tanks being fired among hedge rows. Troops fire guns from dugouts and provide medical aid to a wounded soldier.
Amphibious vehicles and warships head towards the Omaha Beach in France for the preparations of D-Day invasion in Normandy during World War II. Fleet of warship and amphibious vehicle heads towards the Omaha Beach. Concrete barge with anti-aircraft guns mounted towed by tugs towards the beach.
Allied convoys at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States Army half tracks, motor carriages, 2 and a half ton trucks tow covered artillery pieces as the convoy moves down a road under the direction of British Military Police officers. Wheels of trucks as it backs into a Landing Craft Tank at the Omaha beach. Trucks and other military vehicles being loaded onto LCT. Ramp being raised and the craft casts off. Allied soldiers aboard the craft.
D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. U.S. soldiers of 16th Infantry Combat Team and 5th Engineer Specialist Brigade dig in on Omaha Beach. LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks) and LCTs (Landing Craft, Tanks) in a channel. A damaged LST in a harbor. A dead U.S. soldier on a beach in the foreground. Smoke rises from the beach. Beach obstacles at Omaha Beach.
American ships,boats and landing crafts anchored at the Omaha beach in Normandy,France. Waves breaking at the beach. Wrecked bridge and other crafts are also seen. Some soldiers and military trucks move on the beach. Wrecked equipment and crafts are seen.
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