LCI(L)s approaching the Omaha Beach shore during the D-day invasion of Normandy in World War 2. Among those see is LCI(L)541. Officer calling with a megaphone from ship's deck. The LCIs advance toward the beach. Explosion seen ahead. U.S. troops wade from LCIs under continuous German machine gun fire. Larger Landing Ships Tank, including USS LST-282, waiting out of range of enemy fire. U.S. troops and motorized equipment on shore. Burning U.S. truck. Fallen U.S. soldiers in the sand.M4A1 Sherman tank with bulldozer blade and "DT-7" painted on its side, moving along Utah Beach. LCI(L)88 pulls up to a transport ship to load more troops for transport to the shore. Vehicles being transferred from an LST to a LCT. Larger vehicles, such as tanks, being transferred to "Rhino Ferries" (powered barges) to be taken ashore.Troop reinforcements being landed at the beachhead. Major General Charles H.Corlett, " Cowboy Pete," Commander of XIX Corps,US 1st Army, seen speaking on the radio, after landing on D-Day+4 (June 10th) at Omaha Beach, near Colleville-su-Mer. Army trucks drive ashore in surf. A buldozer moves in the surf.
Canadian troops in Sicily, Italy during World War 2. Canadian soldiers on foot and tank units (with M4A4s) advance. A soldier loaded onto a tank. Another soldier drinks water offered by locals. Mt. Etna's dead craters and lava streams. Three Canadian soldiers climb a mountain. Mountain top city of Taormina. An ambulance moves down a road. A view of hills.
Operation Sea Orbit of the U.S. Navy's Task Force One, during its round the world two-month cruise. Nuclear powered surface ships seen underway: Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), a guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), a guided missile cruiser. U.S. Navy personnel on the bridge of a U.S. Navy ship. Visiting dignitaries emerge from a U.S. Navy aircraft aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65). A dignitary inspects the Enterprise honor guard. The ship commander and other men including the dignitary sit in reviewing stand to watch the fire power demonstration. The aircraft being readied for takeoff from the deck of USS Enterprise. A signal officer gives signal. F-4 aircraft take off from carrier deck. Aircraft and crew members on the deck in the foreground. Another F-4 takes off and then a F-11 Tiger takes off. The visitors on the deck. The aircraft fly in formation. The dignitaries watching the aircraft in flight. A close up of the aircraft flying in formation. A sidewinder missile is fired and hits its target. Explosion in air. An aircraft in flight. Zuni rockets are fired at a water-based target and a big splash is seen. The Foreign dignitaries, officer and Commander of Task Force One, Rear Admiral Bernard M. Strean, seated on the deck talking to the visiting guests. Scene from R&R as the task force Navy personnel shop for different items from a shop in Pakistan. A sailor tries out a bullwhip. A snake charmer plays an instrument and does tricks with a cobra snake. The personnel look at a horse. They sit on horses and ride horses. The Nuclear Task Force One ships underway. A bow of a ship cutting through the water. People stand on a dock to welcome the Nuclear Task Force One on arrival in Norfolk Virginia. The Ship arrives at the dock. Several views of the waiting families waving and smiling. The Navy personnel disembark the ship. They meet their relatives and children. A sailor kisses a woman. U.S. Navy sailors reuniting with family members.
Canadian Olympic figure skater Barbara Ann Scott marries publicist and former professional basketball player Tom King in Toronto, Canada. Friends, well-wishers, and fans crowd outside the Rosedale Presbyterian Church (129 Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON M4W 1R4, Canada) in Toronto. Barbara arrives with a friend of the Scott family. Barbara enters the church. Barbara Ann Scott and Tom King sign to register their wedding. Barbara Ann Scott and Tom King smile.
Military vehicles bring large crates containing gliders to Greenham Common, England during World War II. Soldiers open one of the large crates. An M2 Cletrac transports a large crate, passing by a Quonset hut. Soldiers assemble a Waco CG-4 glider. Mechanics work on the fuselage of a Waco CG-4 glider. They carry the cockpit part and attaches it to the fuselage. The men assemble the tail part. Mechanic uses a wrench.
Major Glen E Daniels of the Army Desert Training Centre in California. He stands in front of U.S. tanks and talks about movement of large units to combat zones by C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command. Soldiers load Cobra helicopters into a C-5. MAC C-5 Galaxy aircraft Interior of a C-5 showing two rows of M113 armored personnel carriers stowed inside. The troops accompanying them are seen climbing stairs to an upper deck of the C-5 where they will travel. Quick closeup view of a C-5 headed toward the camera during landing. Paratroopers jumping from MAC C-141 and C-130 aircraft. First Sergeant William Lawrence Jr, of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, stands in front of a camouflaged C-130 aircraft and talks about his experience in 20 years of parachute jumping. He extols MAC's efficiency in transporting paratroopers and comments on resulting improvement of drop zone times.
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