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Ships and invasion craft anchored in Portland harbor, England, during World War II.

Allied amphibious assault forces organizing in Portland Harbor, England, prior to the invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. trucks loaded with equipment and supplies, for the invasion force, being driven on a road. A group of soldiers stands at a side of the road. A vehicle loaded with supplies is driven past the soldiers. View from atop the Verne Citadel, Portland, of ships and invasion craft anchored in the harbor. several vessels moving about in the harbor.

Date: 1944, June 1
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069837
Allied amphibious force assembling in England, prior to D-Day invasion of Normandy, in World War II

Allied amphibious forces assembling in Weymouth Harbor and Portland Harbor, England, in preparation for the invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. U.S. Army halftrack backing onto a Landing Craft Tank ( LCT), alongside Stone pier, Castletown, Portland, England. Closeup of a young soldier silhouetted against sky during loading operations. A soldier looking from his ship at the transport ship USS Barnett (AP-11) anchored nearby. Higgins boat shuttling away from the USS Barnett. Several of her Higgins boats are tied alongside, and one is on a hoist. View of the Submarine Chaser, USS PC-617, tied up alongside the Barnett. Scene shifts to portside view of the USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) at anchor. View from the water, of LCLs(L)540 and 542 docked next to each other. U.S. Landing Craft Tank LC(T)-636, along with others moored to buoys. U.S. Landing ships Tank (LSTs 300 and 350) are seen anchored next to one another. Closeup of LST-134 with Higgins boats nearby. Landing Craft Tank-157 with barge tied up aside, full of trucks, DUKWs, a tractor, and other cargo. Closeup of LCT-213 underway past the camera boat.

Date: 1944, June 4
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069839
Allied amphibious forces loading onto ships in preparation for the invasion of Normandy in World War II

Allied troops and equipment being loaded on ships in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers riding in landing craft as they position in the Harbor,Portland, England. Troops wave to the camera. U.S. Coast guardsman at the helm of a landing craft. Landing craft being hoisted aboard a transport ship. U.S. Army halftracks backing onto a Landing Craft Tank (LCT), alongside Stone pier,Castletown, Portland, England. One halftrack has some difficulty , but makes it OK.

Date: 1944, June 4
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069836
Incendiary bombs moved from United States to England during WW2.

Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) handles the distribution of incendiary bombs in Europe during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Isbell of the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) makes calculations from his desk. An incendiary order addressed to the Commanding General is typed on a typewriter. Buses arrive at the motor pool of the United States War Department, now known as the Pentagon. Women disembark from the buses and head to the War Department. Employees working in the office inside the War Department. Men prepare bombs at an arsenal. Men hauling carts with large incendiary bombs in warehouse. A man stencils labels onto bomb that read, "PT-1 Incendiary," and "Bomb Burster." The United States flag waving on a ship. Ships carry a shipment of incendiary bombs to the United Kingdom. Incendiary bombs inside wooden crates are unloaded from ships. Steam locomotive train running on track as railroad signal activates. Incendiary bombs are removed from train cars. Two munitions are suspended on a crane. Trucks loaded with bombs drive out of the depot, passing past village cemetery. An Air Division Chemical Officer receives new shipment information. The Air Division Chemical Officer reads the document and updates bomb listings on chalkboard.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079922
Red Devil paratroopers of British 1st Airborne Division, drop into Holland to outflank the German Siegfried Line in World War II

At start, the film shows a formation of American C-47 transport aircraft with paratroopers starting to jump from them during World War 2. Viewed moments later from the ground, the sky is filled with trooper' open chutes, descending. An animated map shows Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. It shows location of the Allied paratroopers drop in Holland, intended to spearhead a drive around the Main River into Germany. The map then shows German forces encircling the paratroopers and the Second British Army heading North to the rescue. Next, a huge number of American Soldiers are seen assembled out of doors in England. Closeup of General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking in a microphone to the assembly. Closeups of soldiers including some who are American Army Air Corps pilots, and other aircrew members, mostly Lieutenants. Senior Paratrooper officers stand at attention in front of formation of troopers with American flag beside them.(Narrator says these were the men who made up the "lost division," heroes who fought alone for seven terrible days.) General Eisenhower makes his way between close ranks of the paratroopers. He is followed by Brigadier General and a Colonel. Lieutenant General Lewis H Bereton also makes his way through the ranks. Scene shifts to a base in England where many British Airspeed AS.51 Horsa gliders are seen with paratroopers heading across the airfield to board. American C-47 aircraft are seen in the background. All aircraft are painted with D-Day stripes. Several British and American paratroop officers review a map together. At a tent camp, A military policeman and two U.S. paratroopers checking their weapons and ammunition. Some troopers sharpen their knives. A trooper is issued Dutch and German money. A British and and American trooper in camouflaged helmets, pose before a glider with a huge British roundel on its side. British paratroopers boarding a Horsa glider, named "Gertie." A Horsa glider moving as it is towed by a British Whitley twin-engine bomber. View from side of runway as the bomber takes off with its towed glider behind. (Narrator comments: "Destination, Holland.") Formations of tow planes and gliders in flight. View of pilot in cockpit of a Whitley bomber. Formations of fighter aircraft in flight overhead. View from inside an aircraft as paratroopers exit through a side door. Sky filled with paratroopers in chutes descending. (Note: This Allied thrust into Holland to launch a drive around the German Siegfried Line was known as the Allied joint American-British "Operation Market Garden," which took place 17 to 25 September 1944, the 7 days referred to by the film Narrator. )

Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056359
Sailors test fire hose aboard LST in Portland, England, during World War II.

Several U.S. sailors (or Coast Guardsmen) test fire hose and other fire fighting equipment aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST) in Portland England, during World War 2. LST is tied up to pier and Verne Citadel and Radio mast are seen in the background. Sailor holds fire hose over the side. Group of soldiers sit on deck of LST eating a meal from their individual mess kits. Amphibious barge goes across harbor. Fuel storage tanks seen on beach in the background, as well as Naval fuel depot at R3 Hard embarkation point.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051842