A new J-Class yacht ready to go down the ways at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. On her stern are the words: "Ranger, Newport." (She will be the last J-Class yacht to defend the America's Cup in races.) Shipyard workers begin removing stays from the Ranger's hull. Owner, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, descends ladder from cockpit of the yacht. Vanderbilt's wife, Gertrude "Gertie" Vanderbilt, stands beside the new yacht, holding a bouquet of flowers. From below, she strikes a bottle of champagne on the bow of the Ranger, to christen her. The yacht Ranger goes quickly down the ways into the water. Using a derrick, shipyard workers lower the Ranger's 154 foot mast into place, as Harold Vanderbilt watches.
U.S. troops in England during World War 2. American soldier refuels a military truck from a jerry can. . Soldiers loaded in truck. American soldiers loaded in United States Army trucks traveling in a convoy. Soldiers proceed on foot as they move past buildings in Falmouth moor. Two school children watch them. One GI has a small dog on a rope leash. Soldiers lined up with British shops in the background. One shows sign "OXO" in window (OXO stock cubes are popular English food product.) Red Cross volunteers serve doughnuts and candy bars to soldiers.
American troops and Coast Guard ship's crew practice loading vehicles and personnel aboard Coast Guard Troop Transport ship in England, during World War II. A United States Army jeep being hoisted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Troop Transport ship at a port in England in March, 1944. Men load jeep onto the ship. Boxes in a net being hoisted aboard ship. An officer directs the loading operations. United States Army troops board the ship. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Opening scene shows the American transport ship, USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) anchored in a bay off Scotland in March, 1944 during World War 2. View from deck of the USS Thomas Jefferson, as some of her Higgins boats return from maneuvers to bring soldiers back on board. The troops climb up landing nets at the side of the ship, with help from U.S. Coastguard crewmen. View from directly overhead shows the landing net clearly. Various views of the Coastguard crewmen helping the soldiers. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Opening scene shows a motor launch being lowered from the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33). View of a Coast Guard Crewman with many U.S. soldiers on deck behind him. Next, the troops are seen descending a landing net over the side of the ship, into Higgins boat landing craft. Waves cause the net to sway out over the water with several soldiers on it. Silhoutttes of landing craft underway in the water with sun rising through haze in background. Landing craft heading toward a beach, and then troops charging ashore over the beach. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Pedestrians in New York City lean against a barrier across the street from the New York Times building on Times Square in New York City. They are looking up at motograph ticker (also known as the zipper) which is showing news reports about the D-Day invasion of France by the Allies in World War 2. Several women and men pause to look up and read the news dispatches, including both civilians and men in military uniform. Camera focuses on a Man in Naval uniform standing near a soldier with a young woman on his arm looking up at the news ticker. Scene shifts to view over the shoulder of a woman standing at a news stand reading a Sun newspaper with headline reading: "Invasion Begins. Armies Storm into France in Great Air-Sea Assault." American flag with 48 stars displayed from window in the Times building, as news display begins reading: "Allied armies invade Europe", and "American British and Canadian troops Swarm..." Closeup of a a man seated nearby holding a newspaper with headline "Invasion Army 10 miles inland." A man's hand holding up the New York Post newspaper with headline, "Invasion - We're in France." He flips to an interior page with headline, "Allies Invade Northern France - Sky Troops Land Deep Inland." Two U.S. Navy sailors in uniform look up at the news ticker. One of them has an unlit cigarette in his mouth. Another man at the news stand reading the headlines. A man buys a newspaper and departs. Man in suit and hat crossing the street while reading the newspaper. Unlit cigarette in his mouth. Women and men in a stopped taxi viewing the Times Building motograph from the car window. More men and women standing and reading the zipper headlines. People in a stopped bus reading the Times displays from the windows of their bus.
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