A group of American soldiers clambers down into landing craft from troop ship near Normandy, France during World War II, in the days immediately following the D-Day invasion of France by the Allies. Ammunition being lowered by a cargo net into a waiting LCVP (Landing Craft vehicle Personnel) Soldiers climb down a net alongside the ship. Coast Guardsmen kneel during the church service at the weather deck of the ship. Officers stand by the life line and soldiers march across the deck. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with soldiers moves toward the beach shore.
United States troops disembark from a craft and walk towards beach in Normandy, France (in one of the days soon after the D-day Invasion of France in World War II). Troops aboard military trucks as they move down the roadway. Bulldozers, jeeps and troops are seen on the beach.
German coastal guns along the Atlantic Wall are loaded and fired at ships in Normandy, France during D-Day Invasion of France in World War II. British ships in formation return the fire. German infantry man machine guns and flamethrowers on the beach. A soldier looks through binoculars at enemy position. Heavy firing takes place. German bunkers and reinforced concrete fortifications. Coastal guns.
Women in hair styling salon in France. Fernand, a noted coiffeur shampoos a woman's hair in Paris,France. He does different styles of hair dressing for women as they read magazines.
U.S. troops reach Northern coast of France to invade German-occupied France. Large number of United States soldiers enter the LCM boat to reach from ship to shore. View of armed soldiers in LCM moving towards shore. Soldiers wading ashore. Soldiers dig in near beach wall and climb up ridge. (World War II period).
June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Naval bombardment from Allied battleships and other warships. Troops descend rope nets from transports into landing craft. U.S. Coast Guard operated Attack Transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33)is flagship at Utah beach. LCVPs speed toward the beach. Troops wade out of landing craft under fire. Some are hit and fall in water. August 15, 1944, last wave of invasion in the South of France, rockets firing from assault ships. Troops arriving on the beach. Jeep drives off landing craft.
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