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Planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France (WW2)

View of a port in England, filled with Allied ships and boats to carry war materiel for Allied forces preparing to invade Europe during World War II. A barrage balloon aloft overhead. Yards full of military rolling stock. Scene shifts to wide street view in London including Whitehall Government buildings around the Cenotaph War Memorial (Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET, United Kingdom) in London, England. Inside the British military headquarters the Allied High Command is gathered to plan the invasion of Europe. Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower is pointing at a wall map, as senior Allied commanders, including British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, look on. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in D-Day paint stripes take off from an air base. Officers watch takeoffs from control tower porch. Views from Allied aircraft gun cameras show strafing from low altitudes destroying German ground targets, including railroads and airfields. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight overhead. Lines of communication such as road junctions being destroyed by bombing. Glimpse of copilot at controls in a bomber. Scene shifts to June 6, 1944 and the D-Day Allied invasion fleet underway across the English Channel. Allied warships bombarding the shores of Normandy, France. Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) firing salvos of rockets. Animated map shows the invasion forces striking the defenses of the German Atlantic Wall. View of British and American soldiers wading ashore from landing craft, and some falling to German gunfire at the shoreline beaches of Normandy. View of German defenders firing from inside a German fortifications. German soldiers firing machine guns from protected places overlooking the beaches of Normandy. Trapped American soldiers firing upwards toward the German positions in cliffs overlooking the beach. Later views of Allied troops in combat further inland. Animated map shows area of allied penetration after 19 days of bitter fighting. Allied Armor, trucks, and supplies moving inland from the beachhead. Barrage balloon above the improvised ports. Allied troops heading toward the port of Cherbourg and guns firing in that battle. American M8 Greyhound armored personnel carriers proceeding into the town of Cherbourg, Normandy, France. closeup of American soldiers firing small arms. Soldiers firing a howitzer point blank. The last of the German garrison troops surrender under a flag of truce, on June 27, 1944. Large group of German prisoners of war with hands clasped over their heads, being escorted under Allied guard from Cherbourg. Docks and facilities needing repair to make the port serviceable. U.S. Army engineers welding port facilities. Closeup of a locomotive operated by French railroad men, moving in the restored port.

Location: Cherbourg Normandy France
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041992
USS Pollux alongside USS Constellation at Yankee Station, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam.

USS Pollux (AKS-4) and USS Constellation (CVA-64) underway at Yankee Station in Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer ship in the background. Open bridge area of the USS Pollux with officers and men on bridge. Weather deck area of the USS Pollux. A man uses telephone looking through binoculars. USS Pollux alongside USS Constellation for unrepping operations (underway replenishment). A destroyer ship approaches. Men work on the mid-deck.

Location: Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam
Date: 1967, July 6
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042002
Snakeye bombs handled aboard USS Constellation at Gulf of Tonkin.

Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs. RA-5A aircraft parked in the background. Auxiliary power unit (APU) parked by aircraft. Aviation Ordnance men walk on flight deck. Snakeye bombs wheeled. A-4C aircraft spotted by a tractor. Aviation Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs on a cart. Pylon contains a bomb. A bomb cart wheeled under wing. A large rod is screwed in nose of bomb. Snakeye bombs attached to bomb. Steel rod is then unscrewed. Aviation Ordnance men use tools in tightening nuts on bombs. A fuse is screwed. Missile men wheel bomb cart carrying Sidewinder Missiles. A-4C aircraft loaded with bombs. A-4C aircraft stand in rows on the deck.

Location: Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam
Date: 1967, December 6
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042010
United States Navy aircraft in flight above water in North Vietnam.

United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. Aircraft on flight deck of an aircraft carrier. A man signals. The plane moves on the deck. Superstructure of aircraft carrier in the background. A man signals by hand. The aircraft takes off. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Men on flight deck. Aircraft in flight above water. U.S. Navy helicopter in flight. Two aircraft in flight above water. A jet aircraft strikes enemy territory.

Location: North Vietnam
Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042014
Catapult crew and signal officer on flight deck of an aircraft carrier in North Vietnam.

United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. Aircraft on flight deck of an aircraft carrier. A flag hoisted up. Catapult crew working on flight deck. Men wearing red shirts, green shirts or blue shirts. Aircraft lined on deck. U.S. Navy aircraft on flight deck. Signal officer directs aircraft. Control knobs of launch operator in view. Aircraft takes off. Other aircraft ready for take off. Multiple close-up views of catapult takeoff operations.

Location: North Vietnam
Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042015
Search mission to save a pilot in North Vietnam.

United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight. Men confer on telephone. A paratrooper jumps with a parachute. Search light search for the pilot. Men talk on telephone. Helicopter flies over water. Small islands in water. A man gets down in water to rescue the pilot when he is located. Both of them hauled up on helicopter. The hand of the rescued pilot is bandaged. Helicopter approaches a ship. Men on the deck of ship.

Location: North Vietnam
Date: 1968
Duration: 5 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042018
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