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.
Day time life in London at a quiet moment in World War II. British children on swings in a London park on a Sunday afternoon. Boys and girls on a seesaw of the playground. A baby seated on the grass. Children have water from community drinking taps in the park, using a shared communal drinking cup that is chained to the tap.
American Army officers and military war correspondents in London, England shortly before D-Day operations. U.S. officers walk down a street. Officers near a monument talk. An officer clicks pictures. Officers chat and smile. Double decker buses on the street. The Big Ben clock tower in the background. Tulips in a park, people walk in the background. Big Ben with pedestrians in the foreground.
U.S. and other allied military officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. A soccer (football) match played near London. The match in progress. A large number of people gathered to watch the match. U.S. Army officers and British officers seated in a stand as they watch the game of soccer. An officer smokes a cigar as he watches the game. A wounded soldier with bandaged face watches the game. (World War II period).
British military officers and U.S. Army officers in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. British Field Marshal Alan Brooke with two officers (one American) and a woman comes out of a house and poses. Field Marshal Brooke and the woman talk. Field Marshal Brooke speaks to the officers and poses. A different U.S. Army officer joins them and they pose. (World War II period).
U.S. war correspondents in London, England shortly before the Invasion of France by Allied forces. The uniformed correspondents climb down the stairs of a building. An officer walks down a street. Double decker buses, cars and other vehicular traffic on streets of London. Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace. A British officer gets out of a car.
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