United States Army 101st and 502nd Parachute Infantry Division leave for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Footage shot at field noted in US Government records as "Station 486, Europe" which indicates it was RAF Greenham Common. Two paratroopers smoke cigarettes. M1943 jacket and M1 carbine seen on soldier. Camouflaged paratroopers of US 101st and 502nd Parachute Infantry Division come out of hangars and approach US Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft at an airfield in England. An officer briefs the paratroopers near the aircraft. The paratroopers put on combat gear. They help each other to don the equipment. Men with camouflaged faces talk before leaving for the invasion.

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