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Allied LCVP move towards Southern France shores during World War II Operation Dragoon.

During Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II, known as Operaton Dragoon. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. LCVP moves beach wards as smoke rises in the background. Gunners at a gun on board a ship with LCVP in the background. Men aboard the LCVP.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049274
Allied LCVP beached in Southern France during World War II.

Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II. Allied LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway at sea during the invasion of Southern France. LCVP moves beach wards as smoke rises in the background. Men at the beach. A ship and LCVP underway at sea. Men aboard a LCVP. An aircraft flies at low altitude. Ships and landing crafts underway.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049275
Allied troops and equipment reach a beach in Southern France during World War II.

Allied troops during the invasion of southern France during World War II. Allied warships and rocket ships bombard the coast of Southern France. Blinker lights flash. Allied troops transfer from a transport ship to landing barges. The barge pulls away. Smoke rises from the coast as a result of Allied bombardment. Allied troops climb down a net to landing barges. They head for the beach. Troops in landing barges. At the beach tanks, trucks and other vehicles unload from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), LCM, LST (Landing ship Tanks). Tanks and trucks advance inland. Troops walk along the beach.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049863
Landing craft bring in supplies during the Allied invasion of southern France in World War II.

Allied invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) during World War 2. Equipment on Red beach in southern France and ships in the background. Sailors on the beach send a blinker signal. A landing craft approaches the beach. A gun emplacement on the beach. Another landing craft approaches the beach and its ramp being lowered. Vehicles unload from the craft. A DUKW (amphibious vehicle) arrives on the beach. Vehicles being unloaded from a landing craft as a man signals on the beach.

Location: France
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078090
United States Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy, CA-71 and battleship USS Nevada, BB-36, in World War II

Night action at sea during World War 2. A massive explosion occurs as a mine detonates. Flashes in the dark as tracers are fired at night and flares fall on the surface. United States Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy, CA-71, painted in Camouflage Measure 31-32-33 series Design 18D. Next is the battleship USS Nevada, BB-36, painted in Camouflage Measure 22. ( Note: This was likely filmed between May 1944 and September 1944 when these two ships supported both the Normandy and Southern France Invasions.)

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049221
Preparations in England for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II

World War 2 invasion of Normandy, France. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marshal Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Churchill, meeting at Tehran, Iran, in December 1943. U.S. Generals George Marshall and Hap Arnold, at conference table. Closeup of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Map showing defense areas of the German 7th, 15th and 19th Armies in Europe. Map showing ports at Brest, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, and Calais. Cherbourg is highlighted. U.S. Army trucks, tanks, and artillery, stockpiled in England. Railroad train carrying M3 Stuart tanks. U.S soldiers leaving troop ships and marching to their camps in Britain. Allied troops practicing amphibious assaults on Southern coast of England. Formation of B-26 bombers.View from Allied aircraft flying low over German-occupied area. B-17dropping bombs over Germany. Bombs away view seen as bombs drop toward enemy targets. German fighter planes attacking B-17 bombers beginning in February 1944. Gunner in turret of B-17 firing at them. A B-17 exploding in the air. German fighter downed by B-17 gunner. Gun camera footage of German Bf 109 attacked from rear by gunfire. American soldiers in trucks, DUKWs, M4 tanks, and M8 armored Cars. Troops receive gas masks, waist life belts, field rations, and French money. May 30, 1944, American soldiers board tanks, trucks and other vehicles bound for embarkation points in England. Seen are Stuart M3 light tanks, jeeps, and M7 Priest tanks. M7 tanks are seen, equipped with intake and exhaust ducts. (At TC:11:39, U.S. M7 Priest tanks,equipped for deep wading, are seen passing the base of the Jubilee clock on the beachfront at Weymouth, on their way toward Castle Town in Portland for embarkation.) Transport ships are loaded at the embarkation ports. Trucks being backed onto LCT-453. U.S. Army infantry marching and boarding transport ships. Troops marching into LST 376 at Plymouth, England. Higgins Boats, from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) bringing troops to board her. Troops on deck of Attack transport, USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers shooting craps on a troop ship deck. Coastguardsmen playing with a puppy dog. Gun crews on U.S. Navy warship being briefed. Soldiers field-strip and check their weapons

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 15 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046315
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