Commodore George Dewey leads a land parade on “Dewey Day” after his arrival in the United States following the Spanish-American War. Army cavalry, one of the soldiers holding the United States flag, in the parade along Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. Men in uniform follow the cavalry. U.S. cavalry soldiers with sabers follow the uniformed men.
Soldiers guard a group of Korean refugees during the Korean War. The refugees sit on the ground. Hungarian rebels shoot behind a building between Károlyi and Cukor Street (Budapest, Károlyi utca 9, 1053 Hungary) in Inner City, Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. In a devastated street, a tank rolls in, with Soviet soldiers sitting on top. Burned and abandoned tanks along Andrassy Avenue. Newspaper article titled “Khrushchev Hails New African States”. United States President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural speech from the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” President Kennedy said.
A Martin B-57 Canberra bomber aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 8th Bomb Squadron is seen in flight over Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Wingtip tanks of extra fuel seen on aircraft. Various close up views of the B-57 aircraft in flight seen from its left and ride side. The B-57 aircraft banks to the left near end of clip.
Major-General Thomas Gordon Rennie, Commander of the British Third Division, inspects landing craft preparations on the Solent strait at Gosport, England. Soldiers, vehicles, and supplies crowd on landing craft deck. A tank parks on landing craft deck. LCTs, destroyers, and other vessels anchored a day before D-Day. Barrage balloons flying above the ships. A crewman signals using flag semaphore above the deck. Camera moves to deck where soldiers are seen resting, playing card games, smoking, sleeping, beside vehicles as they wait for departure. A soldier reads a France guidebook. British soldiers reading books and eating and drinking. Some British troops sleep and chat under trucks.
United States Army 8th Air Force bombers lined at an airstrip in England the night before D-Day in World War II. U.S. General Brereton gives a signal for take-off. The bombers take off one by one in the night. Soldiers wave to bid them good luck. 8th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. A formation of bombers flying towards France. Gun turret inside a bomber. Allied invasion fleet sails closer to the coast of France at dawn. 8th Air Force fighters fly over the Channel Islands and the French shoreline. Allied bombers bombing the coast of Normandy prior to the ground forces landing there. Bombers release bombs over enemy shore batteries. Bombs hitting German controlled targets and smoke rising from bomb sites.
Allied crewmen use binoculars to view the coast of the Cherbourg peninsula in Normandy. The Allied invasion fleet approaching the peninsula the morning of D-Day in World War II. Allied warships firing rockets at enemy coastal defenses. Landing craft and barrage balloons head toward shore. Landing barge loaded with soldiers sailing towards the beachhead. Smoke rises from bombed enemy shore defenses. Allied assault troops land in Normandy. Some of the soldiers fall. More troops disembark from landing craft and wade to reach the beachhead.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.