War correspondents gathered in England, awaiting D-Day and preparing to enter France after the upcoming D-Day invasion in World War 2. War correspondents and soldiers at a camp on the South Coast of England. Jeeps, tents and men near baggage. Various correspondents meet up with each other. A correspondent walks amidst rows of tents with an officer. An officer gives a correspondent a shovel to defend himself. Correspondent Larry LeSueur smokes a cigarette. Various correspondents including Jack Thompson of the Chicago Tribune, Scripps-Howard Newspapers' Ernie Pyle, Associated Press' Larry O'Riley and Wharton Becker. They bid farewell to each other. A correspondent wearing a leather jacket with "War Correpondent" labeled epaulets on the shoulders. Clark Lee of INS and Chicago Daily News' William Stoneman next to a trailer attached to a military jeep. The war correspondents climb into a military truck. The truck passes through small British towns. People shop for vegetables in a crowded market place or a British town. Destroyed buildings in the town of Plymouth seen as the correspondents exit the rear of the Army vehicles.
Chiefs of Allied Invasion Command at the headquarters in England. American General Dwight D Eisenhower meets the soldiers. Military supplies put into action. Trucks, Jeeps and mechanized equipment are assembled. General Montgomery, Deputy Commander General Arthur Tedder and General Eisenhower see new equipment in action. Artillery fired. Aircraft in flight. Paratroopers in sky. General Montgomery, Master of air tactics, General Arthur Tedder and Liberator of North Africa, General Eisenhower. (World War II period).
Fishing dock scene in England in the 1930s as large harvests of Herring and bloater fish glut the market. Men load large numbers of herring and bloater fishes from ships into baskets at a fish processing pier on the east coast of England. Baskets of fish are hoisted from the ships to the docks. Women carry the fish baskets. Group of women clean the fish and put them into large barrels. A woman worker arranges some fish and then smiles for the camera.
A man displays a Dayfield Body Shield vest standing in a field in the United Kingdom during World War I. He displays the back and front portions of the body armour vest which weighed 15-20 pounds and had metal plates sewn in the fabric. Fence and trees can be seen in the background.
Allied prisoners of war return home in England during World War II. Casualties are brought on stretchers at at railroad station. They board hospital train at rail station. British give cigarettes to wounded soldiers. Soldiers with their belongings board train. Several hold up hands with the "V" for victory symbol.
Prisoners of war return home in England during World War II. British and Canadian casualty groups leave railroad train. Casualty group with their belongings. Soldier band plays instruments. British and Canadian soldiers get into Red Cross van. Van drives off.
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