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Boat is lowered from loaded LST (WW2)

A loaded United States LST (Landing Ship, Tank) crossing the English Channel towards Normandy, France on D-Day in World War II. Boat is lowered. Troops aboard boat. Boat exits.

Date: 1944, June 7
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051834
German forces responding to Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II

German forces rushing to combat Allied forces following the invasion of Normandy during World War 2. German sturmgeschütz (stug IV) tank destroyer and other armor heading toward the Allied invasion forces in Normandy France, during World War 2. German infantrymen moving and firing mortars. German infantry moving alongside armor camouflaged with tree branches and other foliage. German infantry moving cautiously by side of dirt road. Huge explosions nearby from Allied shells. A knocked out and burning American M4 Sherman tank. Several more Knocked out Shermans. Closup of parts of a destroyed Sherman tank. German soldiers climbing over and inspecting a knocked out tank of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division. A German officer points out places where shells had penetrated the tank. German Army vehicles passing burning U.S. trucks burning at the roadside. Views from a German vehicle moving along a paved road past several destroyed Allied tanks and trucks. Several British prisoners of war being escorted by a German armed guard. Sign in German pointing to prisoner collecting place. A large number of American soldiers walking into a courtyard of sorts. Camera closeup of wriing on back of one soldier's jacket, reading: "Patchie, P.A. Hershey." American POWs sitting and standing in the confinement area. Armed German guard at the prisoner compound.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056330
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.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058879
Lieutenant General Brereton with U.S. paratroopers leaving RAF Greenham Common, England to invade Normandy in World War II

U.S. paratroopers depart England, the evening before D-day, to be airdropped over Normandy France, in World War 2. U.S. Lieutenant General Louis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, converses with two other officers as they stand by a staff car on RAF Greenham Common airfield, England. He waves a riding crop as he steps into the staff car, which carries three stars on a bumper plate. Scene shifts to the flight line where General Brereton is smoking a cigarette as he converses with American and British officers, standing beside C-47 aircraft number 43-15296. Brereton chats with two paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and shakes hands with one. The C-47, named, "That's All...Brother," taxis forward, along with several others, toward the active runway. Many aircraft are then seen taking off, one at a time, in the dusk, with their wingtip lights on.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058880
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean as a U.S. Coast Guard officer looks through binoculars during World War II.

Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A signal man takes signals out of a flag bag. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) convoy underway with the bow of an LST in the foreground. Two officers on the deck of the LST. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. A British LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry ) underway at sea. Men on the bridge of a Coast Guard patrol boat. The flag of the U.S. flies from the mast of a patrol boat with a radar in the background. A Coast Guard officer on the bridge of the patrol boat looks through a pair of binoculars. A Task Force underway in the Atlantic with the bow of a patrol boat in the foreground. British patrol boats tied up alongside a ship with a Coast Guard cutter. The Coast Guard patrol boat and a British patrol boat tied up. A patrol boat getting underway with a cargo ship in the background. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) in the foreground.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058884
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean as a U.S. Coast Guard officer speaks into a microphone during World War II.

Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A Coast Guards officer speaks into a microphone. Two officers on the bridge of a cutter as they talk. An LST ( Landing Ship Tank ) with an LCT ( Landing Craft Tank ) tied alongside. Equipment on the deck of an LCI. A patrol boat with an LCI ( Landing Craft Infantry ) tied up alongside. The patrol boat pulls up along side other patrol boats. The bows of the patrol boats with Liberty ships anchored in the background. A patrol boat underway. Another patrol boat passes in the background. American and Coast Guard flag fly aboard a patrol boat.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058885