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German Messerschmitt Fighters Me-109 and Me-110 in action above the Atlantic in World War II.
Allied bombers attacked by German 'flak ships' in English channel during World War 2. German AA crew members look out for allied bombers in skies and open fires. Shows a heat seeking missile chasing its target. German Messerschmitt Fighter pilots in battle above the Atlantic. Inside the cockpit view of a German pilot in mid air. Luftwaffe Me-109 and Me-110 aircraft open fire on U.S. B-24 Liberators and U.S. B-17 Fortresses and some are seen in flames. U.S. pilots eject in mid air. Smoking wreckage of downed U.S. fighters. Captured U.S. Army Air Force pilot taken away by German captors as a prisoner.
U.S. landing craft prepare to invade Normandy, France during World War II.
A landing craft labeled "US 51" is seen from its starboard side, with cargo in tow and an American flag flying from its mast. There are also more identical ships in the background, all sailing in the English Channel towards Normandy, France in advance of the D-Day invasion of France. The camera cuts to another direction, which shows many more of the same ship, some also with cargo in tow. In this shot, there is land off in the distance, and a few barrage balloons in the sky above the LCIs. The final shot is of a long convoy of ships far off in the distance.
American ships sailing towards Normandy, France, in preparation for D-Day during World War II.
A smaller, support vessel (possibly a minesweeper) with a single mast is seen sailing in the English Channel. Then, a U.S. sailor is seen looking out through a pair of binoculars towards other ships far off in the distance, also traveling towards Normandy. Closer camera view shows that they are World War 2 landing craft infantry (LCI). More LCIs are shown off in the distance, this time with a few sailors and an antiaircraft gun in the foreground. The final shot is zoomed in on three more LCIs sailing next to one another.
Conversation between U.S. personnel of varying branches before D-day during World War II.
Clip begins showing four U.S. military personnel: A U.S. Army Brigadier General, a Navy officer, an Army soldier, and an Army officer. They are aboard a ship underway in the English Channel for the D-Day invasion of France in World War 2. The camera moves back and forth between the left two men and the right two men, before focusing on the left two men at the end. In the final moments of the clip, the Navy officer points to something off in the distance.
German troops move through a village and interrogate Canadian and British prisoners of war in France during WWII.
Allied invasion of northern France during World War II. Allied bombers attack the coast during invasion of France. German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall are shown. A German officer looks through binoculars. He surveys Allied ships and crafts approaching the coast. German coastal guns fired at the Allied fleet in the English Channel. Smoke due to explosions in the water. Soldiers fire artillery. They load shells. Ships hit by the artillery fire. German pillboxes and fortifications. German soldiers inspect damaged and wrecked crafts washed ashore. Soldiers look out to the sea. Camouflaged German tanks and infantry move through a French village. Explosions in fields. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover, fire in prone positions. They advance past wrecked and damaged Allied tanks. Allied prisoners marched in the forest. Seated prisoners. German officers discuss strategy and review a map, possibly a captured one. German fortifications on a French beach. Germans pass downed Allied and British planes. Invasion stripes on an aircraft. German officers arrive to inspect the wrecked aircraft. Captured British and Canadian prisoners of war (POWs). Soldiers of The Nova Scotia Highlanders, The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion held prisoners. Wounded POW prisoners. A soldier with an eye patch. A German officer talks to the prisoners and checks their papers.
Elements of Allied invasion fleet, including USS Samuel Chase, en route to Normandy during World War II
View from stern of Landing Craft Infantry, of Several Allied vessels underway near coast of England, as they begin voyage across the English Channel for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. The Attack Transport ship, USS Samuel Chase, is seen from abeam her port side. A destroyer is steaming at her starboard. A U.S. Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boat of Rescue Flotilla One,is seen. She displays the number 6 on her bow and supercarriage and a skull and cross bones, as well.