Sailors on U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Normandy, France, after the D-Day invasion. Sailors on Navy ship fire antiaircraft guns. Troops transfer from ship to landing crafts, including LCI(L)-84 and LCI(L)-94. DUKW amphibious vehicle loaded with troops on land. Barrage Balloon on ground. U.S. Army soldiers standing atop a concrete gun battery bunker that had been used by German forces. (World War II period).
United States soldiers move through surf towards the beach in Normandy, France as they disembark from a Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Another LCU with its ramp down is seen. A landing craft moves towards the beach. (World War II period).
August 1944: Civilians outside the Civil Affairs Committee building in Bayeux, Normandy. A large crowd waits outside the building. Men and women lined up. Radios confiscated by the Nazi German forces are returned to the civilians. Men and women walk out the building with their radio sets in boxes. Men and children on the street as military vehicles pass by.
On or soon after D-Day invasion of Normandy France, a United States LCM ship approaches and hits the coast in Normandy, France as ramp splashes in water. B-26 bombers fly over head. Troops stand in a ship. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel) or Higgins boat underway in water. It is seen turning around and returning from shore to ship as three men bail out with buckets. A dead man is seen floating in the water. United States Coast Guard rescue boat USCG-59 approaching a ship. Two medical staff work on an injured soldier partially covered in a blanket. (World War II period).
British and Canadian forces defeat Nazi German 7th Army in Normandy, France. German troops surrender. Allied troops and M4 Sherman tanks cross a bridge. Canadian Commander in Chief General Harry Crerar is given instructions from British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery. Field Marshal Montgomery rides a Jeep. Canadian bombers fleet in flight. Aircraft drop bombs in Normandy. Allied soldiers enter Laval, France. A statue of Jesus crucified on a cross. The Allied forces patrol on street. French civilians. Soldiers fire artillery. Abandoned and overturned German Sdkfz.251 half-tracks and damaged Pz.IV tank. (World War II period).
Allied military vehicles being unloaded at Omaha beach in Normandy, France during World War II. United States Army jeeps being unloaded from a Landing Craft Tank at Fox Green beachhead in Normandy, France. An American soldier on the beach as jeeps and other military vehicles are unloaded. A jeep get stranded in high waters and the soldier wades through surf towards the jeep. German prisoners on the beach. One of the injured German prisoners being carried away on a litter. Dead American soldiers on the beach. Wounded prisoners seated on the beach.
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