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U.S. paratroopers board aircraft and take off from England for the D day invasion during World War II.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States paratroopers from different professions with camouflage make up on their faces they prepare to leave England for the invasion of Normandy. The paratroopers being briefed before the take off. They put on their combat gear. U.S. General of the 9th Air Force Brereton shakes hands with the paratroopers. The paratroopers board an aircraft and take off. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft take off from different airfields in England to bombard Normandy, France. Aircraft in flight. A gunner aboard an airborne aircraft. Bombs being released. The bombs explode causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German coastal defenses being bombed.
U.S. Army paratroopers prepare to depart RAF Greenham Common airfield, England, for the invasion of Normandy in World War II
U.S. Airborne units prepare for D-Day Normandy invasion of France in World War 2. Two U.S.Army paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) smoke cigarettes as they prepare to board a C-47 Aircraft that will take them to airdrop over Normandy, France. C-47s, painted with white stripes,are seen on the RAF Greenham Common airfield, in England. A column of paratroopers in battle gear, marches from a large hangar, past quonset huts, and a parked glider. Two dogs run along ahead of them. Many groups of paratroopers march across the grass field toward parked C-47 transport aircraft. Several doff their helmets and smile for the camera, as they pass. Officers reads instructions to their respective groups, as they stand beside their airplanes. One sits in the jump door of C-47 tail number 42-100686. The troopers assist one another with their gear, and don life vests.
Lieutenant General Brereton bids farewell to U.S. paratroopers leaving RAF Greenham Common to invade Normandy in World War II
American paratroopers depart England for the invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day), during World War 2. U.S. paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, help each other with their gear, as they stand beside a C-47 aircraft, on RAF Greenham airfield, England. A crew chief cleans the window of the C-47. Two paratroopers, with camouflage painted faces, converse. Three air crewmen, two in leather jackets, pose by the airplane. One, a Lieutenant,holds an oxygen mask and carries a 45 automatic in a shoulder holster. View from inside the cabin, as paratroopers climb aboard the C-47. Lieutenant General Louis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, smiles as he offers something to a paratrooper who reaches out from the airplane for it. Brereton laughs and reaches out to shake the paratrooper's hand. The General salutes as the aircraft taxis away and joins a long line of C-47s preparing to take off. Ground crewmen wave to the departing aircraft. The aircraft begin taking off at dusk with their wingtip lights illuminated, bound for the coast of Normandy, France.
German Wehrmacht troops recapture village, British and Free French prisoners of war are led away (WW2)
German propaganda film with English dubbing. Wehrmacht troops enter a recaptured town during the Battle of the Bulge during winter of World War II. A map showing cities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Eastern France. German Wehrmacht infantry march through the snow on the Western Front. German troops arrive at a village after the Rundstedt-Offensive allowed Germany to regain some territories from the Allied forces. German soldiers find a woman hiding in a cellar or basement. Wehrmacht troops pass by burning wreckage of American Jeeps and debris. Sign reads “Civilian travel beyond this point is forbidden” in English, French and German. German soldiers carry supplies to areas restricted to civilians. British and French prisoners of war (POWs) are captured by Germans. The prisoners of war are led away through snow covered streets. Some men carry injured prisoners. A French soldier holds a small pennant of Free France. British and Free French Prisoners of War (POWs) are marched to the rear. A destroyed church and its bell tower. A Roman Catholic relic lies among wreckage. Upturned chair and cabinet with scattered papers on the floor. A damaged statuette of Jesus Christ with hands missing. Wreckage in German homes and churches allegedly caused by United States occupation forces is shown. German Panzer tanks roll into a village, pushing aside a cart that is blocking the road.. German troops arrive with horse-drawn carts, passing by a dead white horse. Closeup view of faces of German soldiers marching through village.
Preparation and night take off followed by D-Day bombings (WW2)
United States Army 8th Air Force bombers lined at an airstrip in England the night before D-Day in World War II. U.S. General Brereton gives a signal for take-off. The bombers take off one by one in the night. Soldiers wave to bid them good luck. 8th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. A formation of bombers flying towards France. Gun turret inside a bomber. Allied invasion fleet sails closer to the coast of France at dawn. 8th Air Force fighters fly over the Channel Islands and the French shoreline. Allied bombers bombing the coast of Normandy prior to the ground forces landing there. Bombers release bombs over enemy shore batteries. Bombs hitting German controlled targets and smoke rising from bomb sites.
Prisoners reach a surrender junction in different vehicles, all supplies confiscated and taken to Britain.
German Prisoners of war in France in World War 2. They come to surrender to American forces at a junction set up tor the purpose. They arrive on all kind of vehicles, including supply trucks, command cars, fuel trucks, horse wagons and bicycles. Enemy war materiel and assets, including livestock and other supplies, are confiscated. Some prisoners are marched to locations. At one outdoor enclosure, a sign reads 'German Enlisted Men.' Documents and weapons are confiscated. A stack of rifles. German POWs stand disarmed. Prisoner discusses map of American and German positions with a U.S. Army Sergeant. Prisoners are questioned and searched. Some wounded German prisoners are carried by other German soldiers. Others are transported by Americans. A wounded prisoner lies on a stretcher. A jeep with Red Cross flag carries wounded. Group of German prisoners of war eating a hot meal. Others eating regular U.S. rations.