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General Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Churchill review 101st Airborne Division troops in England during World War II.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England during World War 2. Paratroopers marching on Welford airfield, Berkshire, England, then home of the U.S. 435th Troop Carrier Group. They march past gliders parked with their rear doors open. Tail of a WACO CG-4A Glider is seen with serial number 277396. A band plays. An olive drab staff car arrives on the airfield. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the car. They review 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. Prime Minister Winston Churchill shakes hands with Brigadier General Don Pratt, Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division (who was later killed on D-Day in the Normandy Landings). As the reviewing party proceeds, they pass the guidon of 321st Glider Artillery Headquarters, displaying crossed cannons. Churchill pauses momentarily, as he passes a British paratrooper in formation with the 101st Airborne.
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.
Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower visit 101st Airborne at Welford airfield, Berkshire, England (WW2)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor and inspect the United States 101st Airborne Division in England during World War II. A staff car with the British and American flags arrives on the Welford airfield, Berkshire, England. General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the staff car after an attendant opens the car door. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower meets with military officers as they walk in the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill salutes and shake hands with Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. A band plays while Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower review the 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, Brigadier General Taylor. Two soldiers hold flags. Prime Minister Churchill, Generals Eisenhower and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. General Eisenhower uses binoculars to watch paratroopers jumping from C-47 planes during a mass demonstration. Hundreds of paratroopers with parachutes fall to the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower get in a car. Army vehicles driving away.
U.S. Army officers roam the streets of London, England shortly before D-Day operations in World War 2
American Army officers and military war correspondents in London, England shortly before D-Day operations. U.S. officers walk down a street. Officers near a monument talk. An officer clicks pictures. Officers chat and smile. Double decker buses on the street. The Big Ben clock tower in the background. Tulips in a park, people walk in the background. Big Ben with pedestrians in the foreground.
U.S. and British officers, soldiers, and civilians watch a game of soccer in London, England.
U.S. and other allied military officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. A soccer (football) match played near London. The match in progress. A large number of people gathered to watch the match. U.S. Army officers and British officers seated in a stand as they watch the game of soccer. An officer smokes a cigar as he watches the game. A wounded soldier with bandaged face watches the game. (World War II period).
British and U.S. Army officers with British Field Marshal Alan Brooke in London, England.
British military officers and U.S. Army officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. British Field Marshal Alan Brooke with two officers (one American) and a woman comes out of a house and poses. Field Marshal Brooke and the woman talk. Field Marshal Brooke speaks to the officers and poses. A different U.S. Army officer joins them and they pose. (World War II period).