A Roman Catholic chaplain conducts funeral service for the dead in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Soldiers bowing their heads in prayer. A chaplain preaches on top of a Jeep. A soldier sits behind a piano beside the Jeep. The Catholic chaplain bows in front of the makeshift altar in the Jeep’s hood. Grave markers on the cemetery for fallen United States soldiers. The chaplain gives holy communion to soldiers. A man lays down a wreath. Soldiers fire a gun salute to the fallen while others hold the United States flag. A soldier plays a bugle while troops stand at attention.
A United States cruiser sailing the English Channel after the D-Day landings in World War II. United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark’s four-star flag. Admiral Stark looks through binoculars on board the ship. Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk climbs down a sea ladder and is assisted aboard the USS Augusta by crew. Crewmen from the USS Augusta watch as officials board the ship. Allied ships in Normandy as seen from a DUKW. Admiral Stark with Admiral Kirk and Admiral John L. Hall Jr. on their way to Normandy beachhead. The three admirals tour the shore installations. An official talks to them. Soldiers wading through water ashore while carrying guns and supplies. Admiral Stark looks on as the official shows a part of the installation. Admiral Hall inspects a foxhole. Admiral Stark and an officer talk while standing on top of a Jeep. Soldiers carrying supplies in the foreground.
The Allied invasion fleet on a beachhead in Normandy as seen from a glider during the D-Day landings in World War II. A pilot talks through a radio. United States gliders on the ground are seen, some of the planes are partly demolished after landing.
Road graders and bulldozers leveling a new airstrip in Normandy after the D-Day landings in World War II. Rolls of Marston Mat steel planking in the foreground. A Piper L-4 plane lands and takes off from the new strip. A United States soldier radio operator working with a colleague.
Mr. Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I, standing in uniform and talking. He is seen following his wounding at the front. He is passing through Paris enroute to the United States. Gibbons is seen with a patch over his injured eye (permanently lost) and his hand fractured. He had been hit by German gunfire while attempting to rescue an American soldier during the Battle of Belleau Wood.
President Wodrow Wilson and the first lady of USA arrive at the Palace of Versailles to attend the Paris Peace Conference. They are greeted and escorted by the officials. Military generals of various nations arriving at the Palace of Versailles in their respective cars.
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