U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber "Memphis Belle" taxiing on outboard engines with inboards shut down, on an airfield in England during World War II. The pilot, Captain Robert K. Morgan is seen on the ground smiling, after the B-17 is parked. A crew member looks out of the pilot's cockpit window.
Activities in and around the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) station at Fylingdales in England. View across a valley to radomes on hilltop. Aerial view of houses and trees. A sign board reads: 'National Park'. Car passing on the street. U.S. Air Force rest hotel and village on the coast.
Activities of people at a large outdoor swimming pool in England, during World War 2.. Many people swimming in the pool. Large modernistic building in the background. Some U.S. airmen, on furlough (not identified) enjoy the pool too. A man in white trunks dives from high board into the pool. Two boys go down huge slide into the pool. Group of swimmers look on. Many people swimming in the pool.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America" during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force personnel,on furlough, take rides on horse-drawn coaches, near seaside resort, in England. Driver and young woman seated aboard coach pulled by four horses. Several British dwellings in the background. U.S. Army Air Force personnel climb aboard horse-drawn coaches.
D-Day minus 4 (June 2, 1944). A U.S. Transport ship and landing craft at a harbor in the South of England, during World War 2. A jeep, with American soldiers in it, is hoisted aboard a ship. View of men riding a jeep as it is lowered into the hold of the ship. A diesel engine being loaded aboard the ship. A welder making repairs to the ship's superstructure. A cargo net filled with boxes of K-rations being hoisted aboard the ship.
D-Day minus 1 (June 5, 1944) U.S. Invasion craft jammed into harbor at Weymouth, England, the day before D-day, during World War 2. Troops sitting on deck of LSI(L) 88, drinking coffee and playing dice game. One soldier looking through binoculars, at an English woman,in doorway of her flat, who is looking back through her binoculars. Several other women in the flat complex are hanging laundry out to dry.The American soldier cups his hands and tries to call out to the woman.One of his friends joins in the fun. Scene shifts to Formation of U.S. B-26 bombers in flight. A city is viewed from a bomber, with smoke rising from bomb bursts. Formation of U.S. B-17 bombers escorted by P-47 fighters. Scene shifts back to troops at port of embarkation, where large group is seen at a Catholic mass being held on a pier by U.S. chaplain.LCI(L)s numbers 49, 89, and 93, are seen tied up in background. A U.S.Coast Guard officer briefs his crewmen. Several of the invasion fleet ships begin moving out of the harbor. A U.S. Navy Captain, conversing with Major General Clarence R. Huebner, Commander, U.S. 1st Infantry Division, on deck of a ship. Buckley-Class Destroyer escort, in camouflage paint, is seen with other other escorting warships. Barrage Balloons fly aloft. View from LCI(L) departing pier in Weymouth. Several others preparing to depart as well. LCI(L) 498 is seen closeby. Columns of invasion craft underway. Captain Miles Imlay,USCG, deputy commander, Assault Group O-1, and Commander of Flotilla 10, on the bridge of his flagship, LCI(L) 87. The U.S. Attack transport USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) is seen. Soldiers loading rounds into an ammunition belt. Crew members on an invasion ship man an antiaircraft gun (as friendly aircraft fly overhead). An 83-ft Coast Guard rescue cutter. U.S. Battleships. Soldiers napping on deck of the USS Samuel Chase. Below decks, a Coast Guard Commander joins others being briefed with help of a mockup of the Normandy coastline.
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