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Various landing craft near barrage balloons, underway in the English Channel on D-Day (WW2)

Ships and landing craft of the United States fleet underway off the coast of Normandy on D-Day for the Invasion of France in World War II. Landing Craft Tanks (LCTs) and Landing Craft Command (LCCs) on way to a beach. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in the convoy with barrage balloons. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) en route towards the beach.

Location: English Channel
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046304
Allied movements including dispatch of Airborne units, the day before D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II

Final preparations for the D-day invasion of Normandy, France, in World War 2. View of the USS Augusta (CA-31). Allied senior commanders on the Augusta, making decision to delay invasion 24 hours for weather. U.S. Army Airborne troops boarding buses for airfields in England. Formations of B-26 bombers overhead. B-17 bombing lines of communication. Invasion convoy ships underway. Gliders and C-47 tow planes in D-day stripes. C-47 aircrews and glider pilots being briefed. Brigadier General James Gavin, Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, briefing his paratroopers. Chaplain conducting religious services. General Dwight D Eisenhower visiting paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division. U.S. paratroopers boarding their C-47 transport planes. Troopers fastening parachute packs (parapacks) of equipment onto a C-47 for airdrop. Paratroopers loading their equipment onto a Waco CG-4A glider. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne putting on their chutes and equipment. Jumpmaster checking each soldier's chute. The troopers helping one another as they board the aircraft. C-47 tow planes taking off with gliders behind. All planes in D-day white stripes.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046316
Various Aircraft tow gliders during World War II.

Preparations for Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. During Glider development programs, gliders come in for landing towards stake to which white flag is tied. B-25 takes off as it tows a CG-4A glider. P-38, PBY-5A, B-17 and C-54 aircraft take off as they tow gliders. C-54 takes off as it tows three gliders (a "triple tow") and aircraft in flight.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048601
Equipment loaded in planes and gliders for Allied invasion during World War II.

Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States Air Borne Aviation Engineers load equipment in a C-47 aircraft. An engineer backs a tractor in a glider. Men and equipment moved across a field and loaded into CG-4A glider. Men raise rear section of equipment up for loading into a ramp. Nose section of a glider raise for loading vehicles into front end. Men and equipment in preparation for fast loading. Jeep backed into front end of loading ramp of a glider. A trailer, small canon and a carriage loaded into a glider. A pilot walks into the plane and takes over controls.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048602
Equipment loaded in planes and gliders for Allied D-Day invasion during World War II.

Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 plane taxis along and lands. Ground crewmen run over and attach towing device to tail section of C-47 aircraft. Towing device attached to nose section of the aircraft. Interior of the plane tows the glider and interior of the glider towed. C-47s towing gliders in formation. C-47 planes fly at an extremely low altitude. Pilot and co-pilot of C-47. Tow release device of a glider. Pilot releases the tow machine. Gliders descend and land in small open field. One of the gliders hits a tree while landing and its wing tip knocked off. Men unload equipment from a glider. Paratroopers unload guns, equipment and ammunition from a glider. Canons, equipment and ammunition loaded into jeeps, trailers. Men advance across area after leaving gliders.

Location: European theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048603
Commanders of the United Nations discuss the strategy for Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. General Dwight D Eisenhower and other officers at SHEAF (Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force) as they confer about the invasion. Inside the headquarters, Commanders of Navy, Army and Air Force at a meeting. British ground crewmen work on English Horsa gliders. 9th Troop Carrier Command paints U.S. insignia on side of Horsa. United States C-47 plane takes off and a wind wane indicates wind direction. C-47 planes fly across at low altitude, two poles with pick up rope attached between them. C-47 makes aerial pick ups of gliders. Interior of C-47 plane crew members shove off large cargo packs out. Cargo packs and parachutes descend.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048604
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