Forward air operations in France during World War II. Two Spitfire Mk IX aircraft, of 222 Squadron, RAF, with white stripe invasion markings on them, take off from dirt field, raising dust as they depart. Trucks drive over the field raising dust clouds. U.S. Army Air Force C -47 Skytrain takes off towing a United States Army Air Force Waco CG-4 glider. Wreckage of two Spitfires and a Tempest or Typhoon aircraft, in D-day paint, are seen on the field. An operator is shown, working in the mobile control vehicle.
Wreckage of Allied aircraft destroyed during the invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Location: a field in Normandy,France. A destroyed Martin B-26 Marauder bomber with a propeller on the ground beside it. A wrecked British Horsa glider, with front part of its fuselage missing.Remnants of other gliders. A propeller sitting alone in the field. Remains of a destroyed C-47 transport plane.
U.S. Army Air Force P-47 thunderbolt taxi on a runway in France during World War II. The P-47 taxis for a take off. The aircraft raises dust while taxiing and retracts its landing gear. P-47s in flight climbing and peeling off. Another P-47 taxis forward, turns and raises much dust.
The procedure for handling German prisoners of war in France during World War II. The prisoners are tagged and walk in a squad. An officer reads out the rules for the prisoners and the prisoners listen to him. Three officers seated in chairs. An officer confiscates weapons, documents, pictures and letters of the prisoners. The confiscated material on the desk of the officer. He reads a letter of a prisoner. The prisoners seated in chairs in a personal court are interrogated.
German prisoners of war transported from France to Britain during World War II. Trucks loaded with prisoners sent to interment camps. Insignia of the United States on the trucks. A building in the background. The prisoners in the trucks. They exit the trucks and board a ship. The prisoners on the deck of the ship and are transported to interment camps. Troops holding guns stand on the deck of the ship. German prisoners disembark from the ship. They stand in a squad and are counted. The prisoners at a railroad train station. They board a railroad train. An officer gets in a separate railroad car. The officers seated inside the car. A U.S. Army Military Police soldier with a gun on his shoulder stands guard.
Construction of Bailey bridge near Caen in France during World War II. A view of a river. Engineers stand on a grilled structure on the river. British engineers at work for the construction of Bailey bridge. Many bulldozers being used during the operation. The partially constructed bridge. A trailer raises and dumps concrete. A grilled structure being pushed towards another structure. Men walk on the bridge carrying wooden planks. The engineers lay planks. Men stand on the bridge as they talk. The partially constructed bridge.
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