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War correspondents approach the docks on the South England coast, preparing for D-Day invasion in World War II

War correspondents covering World War 2, prepare for the D-Day Invasion. U.S. soldiers in military jeeps, ready to be boarded onto Landing Crafts, approach the dock area in South England. Soldiers on the road. Bars on the jeep bumpers designed to cut wires put up across the roads by Germans. A war correspondent sits with baggage on the road. A dog nearby. An American and a British soldier man a Control Post. They check a correspondent's baggage and bedding. Wes Hanes seated on the baggage. Pete Carroll of Boston, photographer for the Associated Press, smokes a cigarette. Behind him is a sign for the Salmon Leap Public House. They eat K-rations. Hanes on the riverside with a small castle in the background seen through the arch under the bridge. Pete Carroll stepping on stones near the river bank after washing his hands in the river.

Location: Totton Hampshire England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020896
The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) lands at Normandy in World War II

Allied troops land in Normandy during reinforcement operations in June 1944, in the weeks after D-Day, in World War 2. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) heads towards Normandy. Tanks, trucks, vehicles and equipment on the LSTs. British crew and officers including the Captain on deck. The Captain looks through binoculars. A sailor looks through a telescope. The beach at Normandy filled with battle ships, carriers and Landing ships wait for the tide to recede off shore to avoid unloading equipment in deep water (landing ramps having been destroyed by earlier storms). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers build ramps on the beach. Half tracks, trucks and other vehicles driven off the LSTs and across the ramps on the beach.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020903
A DUKW, liberty ship, hospital ship and landing crafts in water during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II.

Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of Normandy. A Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) underway. Landing Ship Medium (LSM) in the background. A British Landing Craft Tank (LCT) in the background. A DUKW (amphibious truck) with soldiers aboard, laying to in water. A cargo ship in the background. A liberty ship, small craft alongside unloading cargo. Soldiers on barges. A hospital ship and a liberty ship.

Location: Normandy France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020939
Mr. Henry Ford and Lord Northcliffe watch a tractor demonstration in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Mr Alfred Harmsworth, head of British War Mission, visits Detroit and is the guest of Mr Henry Ford. Mr Alfred Harmsworth is popularly known as Lord Northcliffe. Mr Henry Ford signs the guest book. Various distinguished persons stand nearby. Mr Ford and Lord Northcliffe pose. They leave the building and talk outside. They move to a field to watch tractor demonstration. Mr Ford, Lord Northcliffe and others drive tractors. The group poses near the tractor. Several farm buildings in the background. Mr Ford and Lord Northcliffe inspect the tractor. The group leaves the building.

Location: Detroit Michigan USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 6 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021031
General Patton's troops cross the Seine; U.S. soldiers with French General Leclerc and his soldiers enter jubilant Paris in World War 2.

American columns cross the Seine in France during World War 2. Soldiers in boats reach the shore. Civilians stand by the river. General George S Patton's armored division crosses the river on pontoon bridges. The U.S. troops advance towards Paris. Smoke arises due to explosion. Tanks and soldiers firing machine guns beneath the Eiffel tower. The tanks move past the Eiffel Tower. Civilians crouch on the ground. Tanks on the streets. Nazi prisoners marched on the street. Tanks and soldiers fire at Nazis in the German Headquarters at Chamber of Deputies. French soldiers fight German snipers from the streets. A man closes shop and escapes. Allied soldier leads a Nazi waving a white surrender flag across the street. Large group of surrendered German soldiers gathered as prisoners of war on August 25. Traffic around Arc De Triomphe. The French flag raised on a building. The 2nd Armored Division of the Free French Army of Liberation, under French General Philippe Leclerc, parade on Paris streets on August 26. Large crowd gathers to welcome them home. Nazi prisoners march in the streets flanked by Allied soldiers. General Leclerc and his men on tanks. Girls kiss the soldiers. American, British, and French soldiers drinking from wine bottles and celebrating with the crowd.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1944, August 24
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021092
Allied man and women soldiers, French girls and civilians arrive for the opening of a Stage Door Canteen in Paris.

The opening of a Stage Door Canteen in Paris, France. Allied soldiers, sailors, women soldiers, French girls, and civilians arrive for the opening of the Canteen in Paris. A guard directs the people. Army band plays on stage. People clap after the first performance. People watch them and talk. Allied flags displayed on the wall. People stand as the band plays the French, British and United States National Anthems. (World War II period).

Location: Paris France
Date: 1945, March 10
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021105
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