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Allied aircraft drop bombs, ships land in Normandy during D-Day in WW2

Allied ships and aircraft prepare land in Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. Formation of Allied gliders are towed towards the coast of Normandy. Douglas C-47 pulling a glider. Allied warships sailing in rough, choppy waters off the coast of Normandy. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator drops six bombs. Various United States Army aircraft fly with distinctive “D-Day markings” (three white stripes and two black on the wings and fuselages). Bombs explosion. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauders. A ship fires rockets while being covered by smoke. B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. British infantrymen, wearing Pith helmets, on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) sailing towards Normandy. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) ship sailing. Allied aircraft flying over the English Channel.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078791
Infantrymen on LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) land in Normandy during D-day in WW2

Extended version of POV shot of Infantrymen onboard an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) on the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in World War 2. French houses can be seen on the background. Infantry disembark from the LCM after landing in Normandy beachhead. A soldier with a wedding ring gives his friend a reassuring pat on the back before they disembark from the LCM. Sea-going amphibious DD Sherman tanks (Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck tanks) moving towards beachhead in Normandy. United States soldiers in LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). DD tanks on beachhead of Normandy. Soldiers disembark from LCM after arriving in beachhead.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078795
Generals Omar Bradley and J. Lawton Collins attend ceremony at Utah Beach Memorial on 25th anniversary of D-Day

A U.S. delegation visits Normandy, France, 25 years after the Allied invasion of France during World War II. Soldiers and Honor Guard lined up. Military band plays. A cameraman records as a correspondent speaks. Children carrying American flags lined up along a path. Military officers seated in chairs. Civilians stand behind barricades. French officers at the ceremony. A helicopter in flight. A French Breton woman wearing a traditional hat of the Concarneau region. American officials including General Omar Bradley and his wife, along with General J. Lawton Collins. U.S. Ambassador to France Robert Sargent Shriver is also seen. Close views of General Bradley and General Collins seated side by side. British and American flags raised at the ceremony. A sign on a memorial reads 'In memory of our dead 1st Engineer Special Brigade'. A French flag raised. British, American, French and Canadian flags near the memorial at Utah Beach in Normandy. Military Honor guards standing at attention. Two U.S. Army soldiers in a small tank vehicle near the officials. The turret revolves. General Collins assists a soldier in lighting a flame torch. The soldier gets onto the tank. General Collins places flowers at the memorial.

Date: 1969, June
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022076
D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Allied Invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber in flight. Allied paratroopers of 6th British,and American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions jumping from aircraft. Allied troops in gliders being towed across the English Channel. A British pilot in cockpit of aircraft towing a glider. Several gliders descending over French farm fields.Formations of Martin B-26 bombers overhead. Allied Navy warships underway. Scenes on decks of the warships. Navy heavy guns being loaded and fired from Battleships and cruisers. American B-26s and British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers in flight overhead. British spitfire fighter aircraft overhead. U.S. B-26 in D-day stripes. Bombs exploding on German enemy targets. Navy ships bombarding shore. Allied infantry descending rope nets from troop ships. B-17 bombers aloft.Gunner in a B-17. British warship in camouflage bombarding French coast. British spitfire zooming low over landing craft. Allied American and British soldiers in landing craft going ashore at several different Normandy beaches. London, with streets quiet, in early morning, June 6, 1944. Journalists assemble at British Ministry, and a U.S. Army Colonel tells them the invasion at Normandy is underway. The reporters run from the room to file their stories. People reading about it in their newspapers in various cities of the world.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060097
D-Day in World War II. British and American forces landing on Normandy beaches, and fighting their way inland.

D-Day invasion of France by Allied Force during World War 2. American troops wade ashore from landing crafts at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Wounded huddle together on Omaha Beach. Allied troops care for wounded on litters at the beach. Fallen American soldiers covered and lying on beach next to a dozen captured German prisoners of war. Allied ship burning offshore. Reinforcements coming from other beaches and from more landing craft. Troops wading ashore from landing craft.German soldiers firing rifles and mortars.Crashed glider."Screaming Eagle" insignia of 101st airborne Division on sleeve of paratrooper.German reinforcements of armor and infantry arriving from Berlin.British infantry leaving landing craft on another Normandy beach. They move rapidly off the beach and then fight their way inland, crawling at times.British artillery support firing. The steeple of a church falling to shellfire.British General Bernard Montgomery jumping down from an amphibious vehicle at a beach in Normandy. Allied troops riding armored vehicles into a French town. U.S. Air Forces P-38 fighters in flight overhead.Formation of British aircraft. Closeup of British De Havilland Mosquito bomber. Allied aircraft in close support, strafing German ships, flak towers, and fortifications. British Hawker Typhoon aircraft in action..

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060098
Landing craft loaded with soldiers and equipment establish beachhead in Normandy during D-Day invasion

Establishment of a beachhead in Normandy, France during D-Day, the Invasion of Normandy. Mix of some dramatic acting portrayals but mostly actual footage. Barrage balloons over a U.S. ship underway at sea. A sailor puts on his helmet on the deck of a ship. The setting sun in the background. A clock shows 12 midnight. Navy officers and soldiers look at the clock anxiously. The clock shows twenty minutes to six in the morning. Explosions as guns are fired from ships. A man talks over a phone. The rising sun. Barges and landing crafts loaded with soldiers in water. Guns are fired at a coast. Smoke comes out of the stacks of a ship. Aircraft in flight to provide air cover. Rockets are fired at the shore. Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel ( LCVPs ) reach the beach and drop their ramps. Soldiers unload from the crafts. Aircraft provide cover. More landing crafts approach. LCIs ( Landing Craft Infantry) loaded with soldiers reach the beach. Troops going ashore on beaches of Normandy under fire from German shore positions. Views from landing crafts in water near shore as troops run up beaches. Landing crafts return to ships. Debris and dead floating in water near beach. A ragged U.S. flag flutters on a U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter. The Coast Guards take care of the wounded and the dead. A military officer types on a typewriter while smoking a pipe in the United States. Crates of medical supplies for the soldiers. U.S. Medical Field Units reach the shore. Wounded are carried to hospital ships and transports. Wounded are carried on stretchers. Soldiers come down a net on the side of a ship. Soldiers in a barge. Soldiers wade ashore. A wounded man is carried on a stretcher. Men wade ashore. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 5 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050822