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British and American C-47 tow planes and gliders during Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II

Aerial view of many USAAF Troop Carrier Command C-47 aircraft,together with gliders, parked on a field in England. The aircraft and gliders are all painted in D-Day stripes. Views on ground of C-47s taking off towing gliders behind. Formation of C-47s and gliders overhead. Views from an aircraft in a formation. Below, the Portland Bill lighthouse & directional beacon (code-named Flatbush) is seen as the formation departs the English coast. (Note: film view of Portland Bill light is reversed. Roundabout should appear to right of the lighthouse.) Closeup of a glider in the formation. View from a ship, in the English Channel, as an airplane crashes and explodes on the French coast. Aerial view of landing craft on the Normandy beach, as the formation passes overhead. View of French fields flooded by the Germans. Aerial view of parachutes from U.S. Army paratroopers who had dropped into France the night before (June 5th), but no sign of the troops themselves. Masses of gliders on the ground. View inside a glider as it cuts loose from its C-47 tow plane. View from ground as gliders cut loose and maneuver for landing. View of a glider that crashed into a German Headquarters building, and view of another landing in water. Allied gliders destroyed (some burning) and damaged by German gunfire and passive defenses (15 foot poles planted closely in landing zones). A German artillery piece concealed at the edge of a landing zone. American troops, from the gliders, marching into Saint Marcouf, France. Montage of Allied advances and gunfire. Road sign pointing to Sainte Marie-du Mont and Carentan. U.S. troops moving through French town of Sainte Marie-du Monte. U.S. troops riding in a captured German Ketenkrad tracked motorcycle.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045255
Floating ports prefabricated and towed across the English Channel for invasion of Europe; D-Day scenes in World War 2

Ships, supplies, troops, and weapons being marshalled for the invasion of Europe. Allied troops under fire wade ashore from landing craft during D-Day invasion of Normandy France. Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy. A floating port, consisting of Phoenix breakwaters, steel piers and related structures, designed in Quebec, Canada, assembled in England, and towed across the English Channel. A dozen Allied fighter aircraft in close formation fly over the floating port convoy. Aerial views of the numerous elements of the floating port. Diagrams of the floating port and building of a Mulberry harbour. Views of the sinking of caissons. Old Allied ships being maneuvered and scuttled to form a breakwater. A floating bridge extending to the beachhead. Trucks moving over the floating bridge. Barrage balloons over the beachhead. A storm inflicts severe damage to phoenixes and the new port. But supply operations resume after repairs are made off the coast of Normandy. Views of war weary U.S. Army troops taking a break for chow in the days after the D-Day invasion. American troops enjoy a hot meal and eat rations. Some smile. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A U.S. soldier cheers on fellow soldiers riding away in an Army truck.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 9 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045258
German prisoners march from a dock to a prison camp and are searched by U.S. soldiers in Portland, England.

German prisoners in Portland, England during World War II. The prisoners march from a dock to a prison camp. A Quonset hut. U.S. soldiers search the prisoners and inspect them. The German POWs march into a barbed wire stockade.

Date: 1944, June 9
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045261
Wounded prisoners disembark from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) in Portland, England.

German prisoners in Portland, England during World War II. Wounded prisoners on litters are carried by U.S. soldiers. Wounded prisoners wearing bandages walk on an LST (Landing Ship Tank). They disembark from the LST. Cars parked on a shore. The prisoners come ashore and stand in two queues.

Date: 1944, June 9
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045262
Wounded prisoners on litters are carried down from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) in Portland, England.

German prisoners in Portland, England during World War II. Wounded prisoners are carried on litters. Wounded prisoners and U.S. soldiers, wearing bandages, walk on an LST (Landing Ship Tank). They disembark from the LST. Litter cases of U.S. soldiers and prisoners are carried. One wounded on a litter with an eye patch. Two soldiers carry a wounded man. A group of prisoners sitting on the ground.

Date: 1944, June 9
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045263
Wounded prisoners and U.S. soldiers are transfered from an LST to ambulances in Portland, England.

German prisoners in Portland, England during World War II. U.S. soldiers carry wounded prisoners on litters. They disembark from an LST (Landing Ship Tank). Litter cases of U.S. soldiers and prisoners are transfered from the LST to ambulances.

Date: 1944, June 9
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045264