U.S. reinforcements seen arriving on beachhead at Normandy, the day after D-Day, during World War 2. A six-wheeled amphibious truck (DUKW), with U.S. troops aboard, moves across sand of Normandy beachhead. Soldiers and vehicles make their way across the sand. Landing Craft Utility, number 851 is beached. CTU 380 is painted on her side. A heavy mobile crane moves on the beach nearby. U.S. troops march ashore, past a large triangle sign posted in the sand. Various landing craft seen in background. Jeeps move along with the troops, including one in which a Colonel is seen standing.
Events immediately post D-Day by Allied Forces during invasion of Normandy during World War II. Activities on section of Normandy beachhead the day after D-Day in World War 2. Trucks with troops and supplies move across the beach. Two small bulldozers, several DUKWs and other vehicles are seen. A Military Police sentry stands next to a stockpile of supplies on the beach.
The day following the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. German prisoners walk on wet sands of the beach, guarded by U.S. Army military police. Various Allied ships in background. German prisoners held temporarily between fences of barbed wire on the beach.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh welcomed by huge crowd in streets of New York City as he flew successfully from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh and separately in the cabin of his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis. Scenic aerial views of Paris including monuments, busy streets, Montmatre Sacré-Cœur basilica, and Eiffel Tower lit up at night.
Evacuation of the British and Allied troops from Dunkirk beginning May 26, 1940. The troops at the beaches of Dunkirk. Smoke rising from Dunkirk with views of houses in foreground. British troops helped aboard boats in the water, some jumping down from large ships. View of smoke rising from Dunkirk on horizon as troops depart. The soldiers sleeping at sea after being rescued from Dunkirk. Wounded helped from boats as they return to British soil. The soldiers smoking after successful evacuation and giving the 'thumbs up' sign. Troops looking out windows of railroad car and smiling. (World War II period).
Models display summer creations of fashion designers in Paris. Models wearing suits from the Jacques Heim 1967 Summer Collection. Models wear an Arab type evening dress designed by Lanvin and a Dior dress is shown. A woman stands beside a vintage car takes off her Dior coat. A coat of sacking trimmed in leather and a long evening beach dress by Pierre Cardin.
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