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U.S. Army paratroopers prepare to depart RAF Greenham Common airfield, England, for the invasion of Normandy in World War II

U.S. Airborne units prepare for D-Day Normandy invasion of France in World War 2. Two U.S.Army paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (101st Airborne Division) smoke cigarettes as they prepare to board a C-47 Aircraft that will take them to airdrop over Normandy, France. C-47s, painted with white stripes,are seen on the RAF Greenham Common airfield, in England. A column of paratroopers in battle gear, marches from a large hangar, past quonset huts, and a parked glider. Two dogs run along ahead of them. Many groups of paratroopers march across the grass field toward parked C-47 transport aircraft. Several doff their helmets and smile for the camera, as they pass. Officers reads instructions to their respective groups, as they stand beside their airplanes. One sits in the jump door of C-47 tail number 42-100686. The troopers assist one another with their gear, and don life vests.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058879
Lieutenant General Brereton bids farewell to U.S. paratroopers leaving RAF Greenham Common to invade Normandy in World War II

American paratroopers depart England for the invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day), during World War 2. U.S. paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, help each other with their gear, as they stand beside a C-47 aircraft, on RAF Greenham airfield, England. A crew chief cleans the window of the C-47. Two paratroopers, with camouflage painted faces, converse. Three air crewmen, two in leather jackets, pose by the airplane. One, a Lieutenant,holds an oxygen mask and carries a 45 automatic in a shoulder holster. View from inside the cabin, as paratroopers climb aboard the C-47. Lieutenant General Louis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, smiles as he offers something to a paratrooper who reaches out from the airplane for it. Brereton laughs and reaches out to shake the paratrooper's hand. The General salutes as the aircraft taxis away and joins a long line of C-47s preparing to take off. Ground crewmen wave to the departing aircraft. The aircraft begin taking off at dusk with their wingtip lights illuminated, bound for the coast of Normandy, France.

Location: England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058881
German Wehrmacht troops recapture village, British and Free French prisoners of war are led away (WW2)

German propaganda film with English dubbing. Wehrmacht troops enter a recaptured town during the Battle of the Bulge during winter of World War II. A map showing cities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Eastern France. German Wehrmacht infantry march through the snow on the Western Front. German troops arrive at a village after the Rundstedt-Offensive allowed Germany to regain some territories from the Allied forces. German soldiers find a woman hiding in a cellar or basement. Wehrmacht troops pass by burning wreckage of American Jeeps and debris. Sign reads “Civilian travel beyond this point is forbidden” in English, French and German. German soldiers carry supplies to areas restricted to civilians. British and French prisoners of war (POWs) are captured by Germans. The prisoners of war are led away through snow covered streets. Some men carry injured prisoners. A French soldier holds a small pennant of Free France. British and Free French Prisoners of War (POWs) are marched to the rear. A destroyed church and its bell tower. A Roman Catholic relic lies among wreckage. Upturned chair and cabinet with scattered papers on the floor. A damaged statuette of Jesus Christ with hands missing. Wreckage in German homes and churches allegedly caused by United States occupation forces is shown. German Panzer tanks roll into a village, pushing aside a cart that is blocking the road.. German troops arrive with horse-drawn carts, passing by a dead white horse. Closeup view of faces of German soldiers marching through village.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080056
Preparation and night take off followed by D-Day bombings (WW2)

United States Army 8th Air Force bombers lined at an airstrip in England the night before D-Day in World War II. U.S. General Brereton gives a signal for take-off. The bombers take off one by one in the night. Soldiers wave to bid them good luck. 8th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. A formation of bombers flying towards France. Gun turret inside a bomber. Allied invasion fleet sails closer to the coast of France at dawn. 8th Air Force fighters fly over the Channel Islands and the French shoreline. Allied bombers bombing the coast of Normandy prior to the ground forces landing there. Bombers release bombs over enemy shore batteries. Bombs hitting German controlled targets and smoke rising from bomb sites.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080761
German soldiers fire across a canal and put out a fire in a cathedral in Rouen (WW2)

War ruins in Rouen, the capital city of Normandy in France, during World War II. A German General survey the city. Smoke from burning buildings. German soldiers fire guns and battle the enemy across the canal. Soldiers take cover behind sandbag barricades. Pillars of a damaged bridge. Soldiers use binoculars to survey the area. They load and fire artillery. Smoke from explosions on either side of a canal. Smoke from burning buildings. Jets of water put out fire in damaged Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 76000 Rouen, France). Ruins and rubble on the streets. Soldiers clear debris from the streets. They use water hoses to put out the cathedral fire. The damaged structure of the cathedral. Bomb damaged buildings. French prisoners marched on the streets. Military vehicles enter a gate. A sign for Paris beside the gate. The smoke shrouded skyline.

Location: Rouen Normandy France
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021836
President Woodrow Wilson acknowledging the salute of the convoy of warships on his arrival at Brest Harbour

Arrival of the American delegation at the Brest Harbour in France for the Paris Peace Conference. Commander of the Atlantic fleet, United States, Admiral Henry Braid Wilson , and other members seen on the ship. Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral William S. Benson seen with French minister of Marine George Leygues and his wife. President Woodrow Wilson acknowledging the salute of the convoy of warships employed to escort the USS George Washington at the Brest Harour in France. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Brest Harbour France
Date: 1918, December 13
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026929
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