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U.S. soldiers relaxing on deck of a landing craft, the day before D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

American soldiers relaxing aboard deck of a Landing Craft Infantry on June 5th, the day before D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War 2. A group of soldiers is amused as one of them looks through a pair of binoculars. Eventually, the subject of his interest is seen to be an English woman standing in the doorway of her ground floor flat, looking at the soldiers through her own binoculars. The soldiers try to attract her attention by waving. Laundry seen drying on a line near the woman.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037051
U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant briefs Coast Guardsmen and soldiers on deck of LCI before Normandy invasion in World War II

The day before D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allies during World War 2. A Coast Guard Lieutenant briefs Coast Guard crewmen and several officers and soldiers, on deck of a Landing Craft Infantry that will be taking part in the cross-channel invasion of France.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037052
Gliders, carrying Allied infantry, take off for the invasion of Normandy in World War II.

A British Dakota (or U.S. C-47) taking off from an airfield towing a British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa glider. Both aircraft are painted in D-day stripes. Formation of C-47 aircraft towing WACO CG-4A Gliders. A C-47 in D-day stripes parked in front of a hangar.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038897
American troops practice amphibious assaults on English coast during World War II.

Opening scene shows a motor launch being lowered from the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33). View of a Coast Guard Crewman with many U.S. soldiers on deck behind him. Next, the troops are seen descending a landing net over the side of the ship, into Higgins boat landing craft. Waves cause the net to sway out over the water with several soldiers on it. Silhoutttes of landing craft underway in the water with sun rising through haze in background. Landing craft heading toward a beach, and then troops charging ashore over the beach. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1944, March
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051452
Baseball game being played by British teams in the UK during World War II.

Scoreboard reads ‘Next Saturday - USA Bears Vs Brad Bros’. The opposing teams run side by side toward home plate to start the game. One team's bench with players, and bat boys (some barefoot) seated in front of a picket fence, with spectators on benches and a club house behind them. View of game action from spectators perspective, behind home plate. Batters hitting and driving in a run. A lone American soldier watching in midst of the spectators. Players coming off the field to their bench at end of an inning. Spectators in stand watching the game. Items left after the game include several English shilling coins. A man's hand reaches down and picks up two shillings.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060410
U.S. gliders taxi and take off one after the other from a British base during World War II.

Preparations for D-Day Invasion of France during World War II. Four days before D-Day, U.S. gliders at a British base taxi and take off one after the other, towed by Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Insignia of the United States. A hangar in the background. The gliders in flight. They fly over an airfield in formation.

Date: 1944, June 2
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068781