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Montage of Scenes from Allied invasion of France in World War II

First scene of film shows waves rolling in on a shoreline. Next, four transport ships are seen underway in the Atlantic ocean. A transport ship is docked next to a large pier where war materiel is piled up and some allied soldiers are standing in formation, while others are proceeding across the pier. Closeup of the soldiers on the move reveals that they are British soldiers in battle gear. A wider view from atop a building shows the area to be industrial in nature, with smoke rising from foothills in the distance. Change of scene shows several U.S Landing Craft Infantry Large, LCI (L)s numbered: 322; 85; 86; and 325, docked in England, preparing for the D-day invasion of Europe in June, 1944. A formation of four American B-24 Liberator bombers is seen in flight. Clusters of bombs are seen falling from aircraft and exploding on the ground below. Paratroopers are viewed as they jump from an airplane. A convoy of LCI (L)s underway in the English Channel. Closeup of one (LCI number 31) is seen from a low flying airplane. Another view of LCIs silhouetted against light-reflecting water. American soldiers wading ashore, unopposed, from LCI number 36, during the continued invasion of Southern France, in August, 1944. Post D-day view from overflying aircraft of Allied troops assembling and moving inland from the Normandy beachhead. Closeups of Surrendering German soldiers carrying a white flag. Closeups of German prisoners. One of them displays his uniform sleeve identifying him as a member of Hermann Goering Division. He also wears the Iron Cross and another medal.

Date: 1944
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071827
Mixture of scenes from Cairo and Teheran converences with glimpses of Soviet troops on the move and views of bombers and landing craft as well as an atomic test in the Pacific ocean.

Opening scene shows Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek seated with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Madam Chiang in their Cairo meeting at a residence of the American Ambassador to Egypt, Alexander Kirk, on November 25, 1943, during World War 2. Foreign ministers of the countries stand behind their leaders. Closeups of the three Country's leaders. Scene jumps to Teheran, with Soviet Leader, Joseph Stalin, President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, seated on a veranda of the Soviet Embassy. Suddenly scenes of tanks, trucks, and Soviet troops moving on the Eastern front are seen. Some of the troops move by horse-drawn sleighs through the snow. A line of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 bombers taxiing on an airfield. View from a B-17 in flight. View f as a cluster of bombs falls from B-17 and explodes on the ground. Animated map illustrating paths of aircraft attacks against the German Atlantic Wall from England. Landing craft underway in an amphibious assault. Brief view from a ship of a post-war test atomic explosion in the Pacific ocean

Date: 1944
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071829
Crew members of German submarine, U-29, decorated after sinking British Carrier, Courageous. German destroyers in North Sea

View of the British aircraft carrier, Courageous, from Fairey Swordfish aircraft that has just taken off. Captain Schuhart, commander of the German submarine U-29 enters harbor with crew on deck after successfully sinking the British Aircraft Carrier, Courageous, off the coast of England, on September 17, 1939. Captain Schuhart steps from the U-29 to the shore and is immediately awarded the Iron Cross, first class. His crew members are seen wearing awards of Iron Cross, second class. German Destroyers underway in the North Sea. They maneuver guns and torpedo launchers. A boarding party from a German destroyer accosts a merchant vessel, which they board and signal as OK. The boarding party returns to the destroyer, which then steams away at high speed.

Date: 1939, September
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074064
U.S. Coast Guard cutter and a British cargo ship in Lisbon harbor during World War II.

Various ships in bay of Lisbon, Portugal during world War II. Port of Lisbon shows old ship in harbor. U.S. Coast Guard cutter on water. Cargo ship comes from England. Swiss boats in port of Lisbon.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074502
Pan-American clipper arrives at the port of Lisbon, Portugal during World War II.

Pan-American clipper carrying Wendell Willkie arrives in port of Lisbon, Portugal during World War II, on first leg of Willkie's journey to England in support of the lend-lease bill. Clipper arrives in harbor. Clipper near a pier. Boats in the foreground. Clipper comes in the harbor with Portuguese fishing boat.

Date: 1941, January
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074504
Wendell Willkie and others arrive in Lisbon, Portugal during World War II.

Pan-American clipper arrives at the port of Lisbon during World War II. Men leave in a boat from pier at the port of Lisbon. Pan-American clipper arrives at the port. Custom officers on pier in the foreground. American Republican politician Wendell Willkie and others arrive in a boat and walk along the pier during their trip to Portugal and England supporting the lend-lease bill. Sign on a building on dock reads 'Aeroporto Maritime De Cabo Ruivo Pan American Airways'. Clipper leaves.

Date: 1941, January
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074505