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Allied soldiers aboard ships underway in the English Channel heading towards Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. An Allied soldier wearing a life jacket sleeps aboard a ship underway in the English Channel on their way to Normandy, France. An LST (Landing Ship Tanks) underway and a man in the foreground. Barrage balloons fly overhead. A soldier relaxes on the deck of an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry). A British LCT (Landing Craft Tank) underway and sailors in the foreground. Two soldiers relax on the deck of a ship as one of them smokes a cigarette. A column of British LCTs underway as the American flag flies in the foreground.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078096
Religious services aboard a ship underway in the English Channel heading towards Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A patrol craft passes in the English Channel. A DUKW (amphibious truck) at sea. A Coast Guard officer wearing a foul weather jacket and a blue hat looks through binoculars. The officer smokes a cigar. The bow of a Landing Craft Infantry underway at sea. A U.S. Coast Guard officer takes a bearing with a magnetic compass. Two soldiers on a 20 mm gun mount as one of them wears goggles. An aircraft flies overhead. Two U.S. Navy TBM Mariner aircraft pass overhead. Church services being conducted aboard a ship. A man plays an organ as an officer conducts the service. A congregation of coast guard men and sailors at the church services.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078097
A navy band plays aboard a ship underway in the English Channel heading towards Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A navy band plays various musical instruments on the deck of a ship underway in the English Channel. Sailors listen to the music. The sailors play saxophone and other instruments. A sailor sings into a microphone. A bass fiddle player at the microphone and the rest of the band in the background.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078098
Various landing crafts underway in the English Channel headed towards Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Normandy task force including landing crafts underway in the English Channel. An LCT(Landing Craft Tank), an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) and an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway in rough seas. The LCI dead at water and three LCTs underway in the background. Soldiers attach a block to a LCVP. An LCVP alongside a transport ship as it tries to back over it. The LCVP fails to back over the transport ship and moves away. A hook being secured to boat falls of the LCVP. The boat falls hooked onto the LCVP and the LCVP being hoisted away. A man climbs a Jacob's ladder onto a boat boom with an LCVP below. A boat crew climbs a Jacob's ladder. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) alongside a transport ship.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078100
Elements of Allied D-Day invasion convoy underway in the English Channel during World War II

Elements of Allied D-Day invasion fleet underway in the English Channel, as viewed from a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI), during World War 2. U.S. Coast Guard 83-foot crash boat, Number 6, of Rescue Flotilla One, cruising along near the U.S. Attack Transport, USS Samuel Chase. A line of other ships underway,behind.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037054
German submarines attack British ships in the English channel during World War II.

German submarines in the English Channel during World War 2, attacking British ships and North American aid ships to Britain. A u-boat submarine gradually disappears in water. A depth gauge meter inside the submarine. German Navy crew men at work inside the submarine and views of interior compartment and controls of German submarine. View of ships from the periscope of the submerged submarine. German submarine fires torpedoes as British ships are attacked by the submarines some of which are on the surface and some are underwater. Sailors at a submarine attack a ship. New ships are launched in the Atlantic from American and Canadian ship building ports. A ship named "Challenge" is christened and launched down skids. Explosions in the sea as Allied ships drop depth charges and hunt German submarines. Sailors observe through binoculars from a ship. A man drinks from a mug. Cargo convoy ships in the Atlantic including one named "King William" supplying the British.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032050