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Officer briefs pilots about D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Final preparations for Allied invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day) during World War II. On day before the Normandy invasion an officer briefs pilots about the first flight of invasion. Commanding General of an Airborne Division talks to men in an open field. Paratroopers offer prayers at a service prior to the invasion. Troop Carrier Command area with tents and personnel. Paratroopers inspected by General Dwight D Eisenhower. Paratroopers with their faces blackened.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048608
Allied paratroopers board aircraft for D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Airborne paratrooper soldiers march on air field in groups. Men relax beneath aircraft. Men inspect the parapaks. Men apply camouflage make up on each others faces. A man reads out a message from Supreme Commander. Equipment loaded, man eats pineapple and other checks sub machine guns. Indian paratroopers in full battledress and equipment. Men inspected by pilot and crew chief and then by a jump master. Paratroopers board an aircraft. One British paratrooper with British type ammunition leg pack assisted by another paratrooper into the aircraft. Men march across air field. C-47 planes take off for invasion.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048609
Allied paratroopers land on D-Day to invade Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 aircraft in flight at early dawn. Interior of aircraft paratroopers prepare to jump and attach lines to overhead cables. Men bail out of aircraft. Paratroopers land jump from nearly 40 C-47 planes. Paratroopers load into aircrafts at dusk. Aircrafts in flight, CG 4A gliders descend.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048610
German soldiers crawl forward in a forest in Belgium during World War I.

A painting of an ancient army commander on a horse back with two infantrymen at his side. A map of Europe shows the location Belgium between Germany and France. German soldiers crawl on ground among battle-scarred trees, in Belgium.

Date: 1917
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048730
Dramatization: Private Thomas C. Neibaur's gallantry in facing a German counter attack during World War I

'Dramatization of heroic deed of Private Thomas C. Neibaur: A dramatization about the courage displayed by Private Thomas C Neibaur during a German counter attack near Landreset-St Georges, France in World War I on October 16, 1918, for which Neibaur won the Medal of Honor. Explosions occur at the war front and American soldiers in trenches. Artillery fired and dead lay in the field. German forces launch a counter attack. American soldiers get out of trenches and move across the field. Private Neibour under fire from a German machine gun. dead soldiers. Neibaur hit by a bullet, he crawls across, gets a pistol and captures 11 German soldiers. Prisoners move across the field with their hands up as Neibaur crawls behind them. Private Neibaur and prisoners in a ditch as Neibaur smokes a cigarette.

Date: 1918
Duration: 10 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048769
Dramatization: Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham's courage to lead his men even after getting injured in World War I.

A dramatization: Heroic deeds of Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham during World War I. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham of 353rd Infantry, 89th division leading his platoon even after getting serious injuries in Limey, France during World War I on September 12th, 1918. It urges people to contribute towards Liberty Loans. Two soldiers eat and talk in a trench. Germans fire artillery and explosions occur. American soldiers in trenches as shells burst. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham advances with his platoon. Men crawl to advance. Lieutenant Wickersham and his orderly get serious injuries due to bursting of a shell. He binds up orderly's wounds and get out of the hole and lead his men forward. Shells continue to burst and Lieutenant Wickersham dies in an explosion. Dead soldiers. A soldier removes a cross from a dead German soldier's uniform.

Date: 1918
Duration: 12 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048782