Allied Forces invade France on D-Day. British warship in Mediterranean Sea. British flag on mast. Officers observe and look through binoculars. General Dwight Eisenhower stands with other officers. General Eisenhower and General Montgomery stand with an officer. General Montgomery climbs down rope ladder to his ship. The ship pulls away. (World War II period).
Parade on a street in Norway during World War II. Formation of Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling and Nazi German officials walking along the lined Norwegian volunteers. Vidkun Quisling salutes the flag. French Volunteers lined up in Versailles, France. Volunteers march to railroad station. Volunteers bid farewell to girls and board train. Latvian and Lithuanian volunteers march to station. They bid farewell to their families. They board train and wave goodbye.
A crowd greeting and hailing General Charles De Gaulle in New York City. A crowd outside City Hall. Army officers and city officials wait outside the building on the steps.A few officers come down the steps and wait. General Charles De Gaulle comes out of City Hall accompanied by Mayor LaGuardia.. The General stands on top of the steps and raises his arms in a giant "V" to the crowd. The Mayor then guides him to a bank of microphones set up at the base of the steps. Mayor LaGuardia makes a few remarks and concludes raising his right arm and shouting: "Vive la France." General de Gaulle, then speaks into the microphones. The Mayor and the General shake hands.
American entertainers in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Servicemen rush towards U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft at Hickam Field. Singer Frances Langford and Patty Thomas in the top hatch of a USAAF B-24 Liberator aircraft. They wave and smile. Comedian Bob Hope shakes hands with island commander General Tenney. Italian-American comedian Jerry Colonna at the air field. Langford and Patty Thomas smile.
War materiel in the United States amassed to serve as D-Day invasion equipment for invasion of France during World War II. At a U.S. port, airplanes are lifted to the decks of ships that are loaded with freight for invasion preparation ports. Materials of war being loaded into vessels. A ship convoy underway at sea. In a British port, piled up material and equipment for invasion armies preparing for war. African American soldiers unload ships. Tires, soap, tobacco, candy and refuse cans. Rolling stock, tanks, gasoline drums, pontoon boats, railroad cars, locomotives, boats, trucks, ambulances, guns and bombs are seen. Rows of gliders, fighter warplanes, and various airplanes are shown parked and ready for shipment. Bomb shells stacked and ready.
Landing craft ferry Allied troops from pier in English port as they prepare for invasion of France during World War II. Two United States Coastguardsmen pose with members of British Women's Royal Navy Services (WRENS). Some British soldiers seated in a park with civilians on benches in the background. LCVPs ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) tied up at the pier in Weymouth, Dorset. American soldiers are assisted by U.S. Coastguardsmen as they board LCVPs, which pull away from the pier as they are filled (ferrying troops out to transport ships). Several Landing Craft Infantry (Large) are seen in the port, including LCI(L)s 494, 92, and 490. View of Weymouth from a boat flying a green flag, in the bay.
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