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Allied troops aboard ships and gliders head for Normandy, France for the D-day invasion during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. General Joseph McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff at a desk as he outlines the importance of June 6, 1944 the day Allied forces attacked the Germans in Normandy. He speaks about the decision to knock down the Nazis first and then the Japanese during the World War. He says that the invasion of Normandy was planned in November 1943. He also states how General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, planned and executed the invasion. He also speaks about how the U.S. Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Forces aircraft bombarded the coasts of Normandy prior to the D Day invasion. Past events show American soldiers getting onto landing crafts in England as they leave for the invasion. The soldiers aboard the ships in the English Channel. The soldiers read the Bible and comics, sleep and cook aboard the ships. On June 5th , 1944 the ships head towards Normandy for the invasion. In England gliders carrying paratroopers take off from an airfield to bombard the German positions in Normandy. British soldiers receive ration and work on motorbikes. TNT (trinitrotoluene) charges being prepared by soldiers tasked with demolition duties. British soldiers check their guns and other weapons prior to the invasion. Jeep and artillery being loaded onto aircraft.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058870
U.S. paratroopers board aircraft and take off from England for the D day invasion during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States paratroopers from different professions with camouflage make up on their faces they prepare to leave England for the invasion of Normandy. The paratroopers being briefed before the take off. They put on their combat gear. U.S. General of the 9th Air Force Brereton shakes hands with the paratroopers. The paratroopers board an aircraft and take off. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft take off from different airfields in England to bombard Normandy, France. Aircraft in flight. A gunner aboard an airborne aircraft. Bombs being released. The bombs explode causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German coastal defenses being bombed.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058871
U.S. B-17s bomb the German positions in Rouen, France and return to home base in England during World War II.

First American air raid on German positions in Rouen, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft on an airfield in England. Ground crew work on the aircraft. Bomb bay door opens up. Fuel tank as men refuel the aircraft. Combat crew members arrive at the briefing hut and being instructed by an officer. He instructs the pilots and other flight about the targets to be bombed. Radio men being instructed. After the briefing crew members head towards the airfield. Flight crew board B-17s. Aircraft take off from the field. B-17s in formation flight. Bomb bay door opens and bombs are dropped. Bombs hit the target and smoke rises. Aircraft head for England after the air raid. Aircraft arrive at the airfield in England. Major General Carl Spaatz , Head of the USAAF in England greet the pilots after a successful air raid. Crew members share their experiences of the mission with an intelligence officer. A pilot talks about how his aircraft was attacked by a German ME-109 aircraft during the air raid.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1942
Duration: 6 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059552
Paratroopers enter U.S. aircraft C-47 preparing for a mission in World War II.

U.S. Army paratroopers enter U.S. military transport C-47 preparing for a drop during World War II. Paratroopers in a line enter the aircraft. Interior view of the C-47 aircraft as the soldiers enter. Close up of two paratroopers talking to each other. Paratroopers in the plane readying for takeoff. Another aircraft in the background. Close up of the face of an American paratrooper in the aircraft seated and ready for takeoff.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041942
Loading of 37 mm antitank guns and jeeps into gliders

United States soldiers carry 37 mm antitank guns and load it into a glider. Several soldiers enter the glider while loading. A soldier drives a jeep and loads it into a glider. Other soldiers stand near the glider. Aerial view of the ground. C-47 transport aircraft and towing cable in view. (World War II period).

Location: European Theater
Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041943
Torpedoes being loaded from docks onto Allied ships during World War I. Surface torpedoes being test fired.

Torpedoes loaded onto combination truck / rail trailers outside a building at a dock. Torpedoes lined up on the deck of a ship. Torpedoes being hauled aboard a ship. A crane pulls up the torpedoes and places them onto a trailer. Men unload the torpedoes onto the trailer. Nose and tail views of torpedoes placed on the trailer. View of a gun in the hull of a ship being readied. Two views of two different surface torpedoes being fired from the gun, apparently as tests, toward an unseen destination in the water.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042418
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