Gloster Meteor twin engine British jet plane at an airstrip in England. The engines of the jet plane. Pilot sits in the cockpit. Crew member closes the cockpit. Signalman gives signal. Jets in flight. 7 jets in formation flight.
Preparations in England for the Allied invasion of France during World War II. U.S. Army 82nd Airborne soldiers with equipment as they prepare to board an aircraft. Men load into buses as a motorcycle escort leads a convoy of buses through a farmland. Men get down from the buses and walk into hangar being used as barracks. Soldiers issued new equipment including life vests, ammunition and grenades. Medical supplies are checked. A jazz band of servicemen plays and men do pushups and calisthenics. Men play handball and volleyball. They read and write letters to loved ones at home. Men sharpen, check and work on knives and rifles. They clean and oil the rifles and attach bayonets. Soldiers paint invasion stripe marks on C-47 aircraft readying it for the D-Day invasion of France.
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. General Eisenhower along with other officers inspects a motor transportation unit 49241st QM truck Company. Trucks lined up as General Eisenhower and party move past them. Eisenhower speaks to drivers as they stand next to the trucks.
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops at Bodmin, Cornwall in England during World War II. General Eisenhower along with General George S. Patton and other officers as he speaks to General Theodore Tutch of United States 35th Division Artillery. They look at a map and confer. General Eisenhower at a mine field as he watches a mine locating drill. Soldiers prod the field with bayonets during the drill. Soldiers of 137th Infantry Regiment of United States 35th Infantry division lined up on the Cold harbour sports field at Bodmin Barracks as General Eisenhower reviews the troops. Soldiers clap and smile.
General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. General Eisenhower and other officers watch maneuvers. An officer looks through a pair of binoculars. General Eisenhower and others walk to Sedan.
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War II. Troops of United States 35th Division lined up as they salute. Soldiers march past as General Eisenhower and other officers review the parade. Soldiers carry an American flag as they march. Local spectators watch the troops in a parade.