U.S. troops off French coast on D-Day in World War II . A ship underway. A sailor reads a message. An insert of the message which gives details about the Invasion of France. Another sailor reads the message sitting on the ship deck.
German newsreel about the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. English narration overlaid by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services. German people read bulletin boards and newspapers describing the invasion. A map shows location of England and Germany. Information of assault broadcast in Germany by German radio stations. Announcers shown relaying information at switchboards. Alarm bells ring and German troops in bunkers grab rifles and stand ready to proceed. German antiaircraft guns and artillery fired at incoming Allied aircraft and and explosions seen at night. Allied Airborne troops incoming, according to narration, as nighttime artillery barrage continues. Naval units near mined waters. Germans soldiers in Atlantic Wall fortifications fire artillery and machine guns. Closeup views of German soldier faces, looking determined. Heavy artillery are fired at Allied troop units. Allied naval ships as seen from German perspective on shore in early morning light on D-Day. Shells are loaded into artillery and railroad guns and fired on the Allied warships from German gun emplacements and fortifications on the coast of France. British troops land on shore near the River Orne at the Normandy village of Ouistreham. Heavy bombardment from both sides. Germans examine Allied Landing Craft on the beach. Commentator says the British troops in them were annihilated or taken prisoner. Camouflaged German tanks move into position and fire on invading Allied ground troops. German forces pass wrecked gliders and an Allied parachute hung up in a tree. Allied Airborne troops are shown taken as prisoners by German forces and marched. Pan view of many Allied gliders, some crashed in a large field. British gliders seen. Close views of crashed gliders. German forces roll an intact Allied jeep out of a crashed glider and drive it away. Captured prisoner Canadian troops seen. Shoulder patch of one reads "North Nova Scotia Highlanders", and on another reads "1 Canadian Parachute Battalion Airborne". Interrogation of captured Canadian troops is seen. German holds a prisoner's "Soldier's Pay book". (World War II period).
Landing Crafts Infantry reach a beach in Normandy, France on D-Day in World War II . Slate indicates time is "H" hour plus 15. Landing Craft Infantry nearing the beach. The troops exit boat's ramp. Smoke in the background. The troops wade through surf to reach the shore. Bullets hitting the water around the men as they go ashore. They attend to the wounded on the deck.
Landing Crafts Infantry reach a beach in Normandy, France, during World War II D-Day operations at "H" hour + 60. The troops transfer the wounded from the Landing Craft Unit. Smoke rises from a burning Landing Craft tank and it sinks. Troops exit cargo hatch by cargo net.
Landing Craft Infantry reach a beach in Normandy, France on D-Day during World War 2. The troops exit through the cargo hatch of USS Samuel Chase AP by a cargo net along the side of the ship. APs in transport area. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel in foreground. Landing Crafts Tank stand. Landing Crafts Infantry underway. Landing Crafts Tank in background. A heavily loaded Landing Craft Tank underway. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel underway to beach. Superstructure of USS Samuel Chase AP. Men on deck.
Numerous cranes at work unloading supply ships at a terminal in Bordeaux, France, during World War 1. Railroad train moving flatcars through the terminal. Rails crisscrossing the terminal. A soldier directs operations on the busy terminal. Workers rolling barrels across the yard for loading into rail cars. Two men on a motorized tow truck,stop at a field kitchen set up on the dock and receive food in their mess kits. Soldiers are gathered around the steel cans containing hot food. A man rides down with a crane load of supplies that crews quickly move away for transport to the troops.
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