French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. French fighter planes swoop low over a beach. Dummy explosions on the beach. Landing Crafts approach the beach. Soldiers get off the crafts and run inland. U.S. Navy and French officers watch the exercise. Black smoke due to the explosions. A LC with a flag approaches the beach. Soldiers wade through the water towards the shore. Planes fly low over Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) off shore. (World War II period).
French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Soldiers climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft. U.S. Navy sailors and French soldiers in Landing Crafts. Soldiers seated in the crafts. The Landing Crafts head towards the beach. (World War II period).
French Foreign Legionnaires march with the military band in North Arfica. Soldiers play various instruments as the band marches on the streets. The troops march on cobbled streets. They cross a maintenance building. (World War II period).
Day time life in London, United Kingdom while night-time raids by Germany on London were still common in World War II. The Big Ben clock tower. A double decker bus on the street. U.S. soldiers visit Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Traffic near the Marble Arch (London W2 2UH, United Kingdom). Citizen speakers address various crowds in London's Hyde Park. Several speakers take their turn. Policemen talk to a man. Allied officers and soldiers in the crowd.
Day time life in London at a quiet moment in World War II. British children on swings in a London park on a Sunday afternoon. Boys and girls on a seesaw of the playground. A baby seated on the grass. Children have water from community drinking taps in the park, using a shared communal drinking cup that is chained to the tap.
London during World War II. View of Saint Paul's Cathedral. YMCA board near Saint Paul’s Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom). Various monuments in London. A barrage balloon in the sky. Entrance to Buckingham Palace. A soldier parades up and down at the Palace gates. People watch from outside. A barrage balloon in the sky. Boats sailing near Tower Bridge (Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP, United Kingdom) on the Thames River. Soldiers unload food supplies from the boats. Sacks of food piled on a boat. Soldiers and people on a bridge. An Irish policeman keeps vigil on Fleet Street.
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