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In England, U.S. Amphibious forces (in Exercise Tiger) practice for the invasion of Normandy, during World War II

U.S. troops descending from a pier, in England to board an LCI (L)- landing craft infantry, Large, during World War 2. Other LCIs are docked along the pier, including LCI -21. Ships and landing craft maneuver off shore from Slapton Sands, Devon, England, where U.S amphibious forces practice for the invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Closeup of troops underway in a Higgins boat landing craft. View from camera ship's deck, of a Transport ship, nearby and of several LCI(L)s in the distance. Closeup of U.S. Landing Craft Tank, LCT(5)-305, passing the camera ship. USS LST-30 and another ship are seen nearby. USS LST-310 is seen with a long floating dock in front of it. Next, the floating dock is turned sideways to her front hatch and soldiers are seen clearly on the dock. U.S. Landing Ship Tank - LCT(5)-305, passes behind. Next, the floating dock is seen moving away from LST-30. A ship, armed with guns, that appears to be numbered US 12F6. Closeup of LCI(L)-87 with Coast Guard Commander Miles Hopkins Imlay, seen on her bridge. (She is the flagship of his command, Flotilla 10.) View from ship beached on Slapton Sands, of Markers set up on the beach and Sign reading: "B." View from ship looking down on the sand where several officers are discussing the exercise. A truck driving out of beached landing ship.

Date: 1944, April
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051453
People demand resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in England.

Demand for resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in England. Placards and pamphlets on a table. Placards read 'Chamberlain must go', 'Dissolve Parliament, Let the people decide' and 'No surrender to Hitler or Mussolini'. Men take posters and pamphlets. A woman stands near the table. Graffiti on walls in England. A man writes 'Chamberlain must go'. A policeman on the street. A man pastes stickers on street. The stickers read 'Let the people decide'.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053914
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
U.S. paratroopers being trained at North Witham , England prior to Allied invasion of France in World War II.

Training of U.S. paratrooper pathfinders prior to Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight as American paratroopers make practice jumps. A paratrooper lands at drop zone at North Witham training area in England during practice. On June 5th, 1944 C-47 aircraft with invasion stripes parked at an airfield in England.

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058905
British civilians evacuate England as British soldiers prepare to face German forces (WW2)

British civilians and British Expeditionary Force soldiers prepare for World War II. After the Nazi German invasion of France, British civilians flee from England due to the threat of war. A man with his family crosses railway tracks in England. Two women embark onto a ship to evacuate threat of war. British citizens on a crowded street corner, near an Italian restaurant. A sign on a window reads "British Restaurant" in an attempt to prevent boycott and prejudice by British citizens who might not otherwise visit an Italian restaurant. A notice reads "This shop is owned by a British subject who has registered for the H. M. forces." A man seen removing the "Italian" sign and painting over it. Indian Army troops loyal to the British crown are seen lined up for inspection. They march as they prepare for the war.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059014
U.S. airfield as seen from the window of a U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 as it taxis across a field in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. A U.S. airfield in England seen from the side of the window of an airplane as it taxis across a field near hangars. A P-47 fighter aircraft seen on the field. U.S. airmen stand around. Airmen and U.S. Army Air Force officers walk around as a B-17 taxis to a parking area.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061416