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U.S. forces establishing a beachhead in Southern France on Green Beach near Saint Raphael, France.

36th Division forces establish beachhead on Green Beach. Three bulldozers level beach. Naval Beach Patrol on duty in marked off beach sector. One man sends message over telegraph key while smoking a pipe. Sign on beach reads 'Beach CP Shore Party' One bulldozer pulls stalled jeep out of water. Barrage balloons float in sky over ships. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) U.S. 989 at beach.

Date: 1944, August 16
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051852
View of town of Saint Lo in France shortly after allied bombings of World War II during Invasion of France by the allies.

View of a wrecked and ruined Saint Lo town after the allied bombings of World War II. Damaged buildings of the town. Two United States soldiers of the 60th Engineer Combat Battalion, 35th infantry division enter the block house.

Date: 1944, July 27
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038867
Tehran Conference and successive preparations for D-Day attack on Nazi regions in France by Allied forces (WW2)

World War II Documentary entitled "D-Day Convoy." Leaders and military Generals of the Allied nations at the Tehran Conference. U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, Soviet General Stalin, General George Marshall of U.S. Army, General Eisenhower. Map showing the targets of raid in France under German occupation. Immense military ammunition, artillery, tanks, weapons and infantry troops amassed in England and readied for military raids. American infantry troops being trained to raid the Peninsula of Normandy. Troops advance between bomb blasts and gun fire during training. Allied air force bombers bombing their targets in France. Formation of Martin B-26 bomber aircraft flying overhead. Point of view shot from inside aircraft, seen through rain spotted plexiglass gun canopy, flying very low over a French village, on the way to bombing target. Aerial view of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber dropping bombs over enemy target in Europe. View of bombs falling away from aircraft toward targets during a day time bombing raid. Explosions and smoke on the ground as targets are hit. Aerial fights between German and Allied air forces. Gun camera footage scenes as seen from Allied aircraft as they shoot at German airplanes. Several scenes of German aircraft exploding in flight. Airplane blasts in sky. U.S. army troops with ammunition moving toward camps in southern England. At the marshaling area soldiers receiving and trying on gas masks. They also receive inflatable life belts, food rations, cigarettes, candy including Hershey's chocolate, and French money as invasion currency. Briefing of the troops by the commanders.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035967
Warships loaded with ammunition and amphibious vehicles at British harbors, ready for invasion of France, during World War II.

The preparations for the D-Day invasion of France by Allied Forces, during World War II. Ships and war boats at British harbors and ports carrying ammunition and warfare materials are readied for invasion. Landing Craft Vehicles (LCV) and DUKW ready at the harbor for invading France.

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037079
Canadian troops occupy a German flying bomb launching site and describe launching apparatus in Flanders, France.

Canadian troops occupy a German flying bomb launching site in Flanders, France. Map of France. Long rocket launching ramp. View of pistons that propel buzz bomb during take off. Allied pilot takes photographs. Canadian troops inspect the ramp mounted with a 400 pound piston. Canadian troops carry V-2 bombs and load them on to piston. The operation of the V-2 and launching apparatus: Man operates remote control boxes for launching. Soldier handles jet nozzle assembly. Jet propulsion engine is used for fire piston set off explosives. Compressed air bottle supply power for gyro pilots. Servo motors moves radar and elevator. Unexploded head contains explosives for bomb. Diagram shows flying bomb and its parts. View of a bomb site. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044539
Allied Naval vessels fire at coast of France during D-Day invasion of Normandy

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied Naval vessels fire at coast of France on D-Day. United States B-25 flies low over water, B-26 aircraft in flight. Bombs dropped descend towards target area and strikes. United States 101st Air Borne Division troops land from LST (Landing Ship Tanks) Troops wade through water as they advance towards beach. B-26 aircraft in formations drop bombs, bombs impact. Bombs dropped over rail road yards, bridges, highways, towns and villages.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048611