U.S. army supply area, Portland Beach Road, Portland, England, a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. sailor fills a gasoline tank from jerry cans. Sign reads 'In case of fire call NFS at Weymouth, Telephone Weymouth 1150.' Sign on fire extinguisher reads 'Danger No Smoking'. Cans in supply area with signs 'Petrol', 'Oil', 'Diesel', 'Kerosene'. Empty gasoline containers.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Tanks move up. MP (Military Police) directs traffic. Tanks advance.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers tie rolled camouflaged nets to tanks.
U.S. army preparations in Weymouth, England a day prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two U.S. officers confer with representative of U.S. Transportation Corps. Convoy of 2 ½ ton cargo trucks move up on road. U.S. troops march up road past camouflaged tanks.
U.S. infantry and vehicles embark on ships at English shore prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. infantry march along street. Soldiers carry ammunition aboard U.S. LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Tanks roll into LCT (Landing Craft, Tank). Soldiers clean guns and ammunition on deck of ship. Barges at dock. Troops loaded in assault boats are taken to waiting ships off the shore.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 5th Engineers Specialist Brigade prepare in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Soldiers load demolition charges into an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). They perform calisthenics aboard a ship. A soldier loads rockets into a multiple rocket launcher. The soldiers arrange an ammunition belt in a multiple barrel air-cooled machine gun.