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Views of London, England, when it is filled with Allied military personnel during World War II. Various organizations supporting the Allied military in the city.

American troops are seen boarding a transport ship in the opening scene, heading for the war front in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of the ship leaving the dock in the United States. Closeup of soldiers on deck looking back as they depart. Glimpse of upper deck of the ship completely filled with soldier passengers. Soldiers in their multi-bunk rooms aboard ship. Soldiers on ship's deck wearing life preservers. An impromptu band of soldier musicians entertains the troops. Others pass the time in card games,and sharing letters from home. Next, soldiers are seen watching as the troop ship arrives in Liverpool, England. A British army band plays to welcome them. View from the ship of American soldiers descending a gangplank to the Liverpool dock, where U.S. army trucks and an ambulance awaited them. Sailors, and a Women's Army Corp (WAC) Sergeant, feed pigeons on dock. One sailor poses with a small English girl. Film shifts to scenes of wartime London which occupy the remainder of the film. Several U.S. Army officers walk along a London sidewalk A British woman army sergeant and a local policeman. An English Bobbie (police officer with tall helmet) poses for the camera with several sailors and an American WAC Sergeant. U.S. soldiers and Military police (MPs) posing in front of a shop with U.S. Marine Corps logo on the window. Street scene with U.S. soldier walking past a sign reading: "USA cars, No Entry." More street scenes showing various British military and police in the city. A sign reading, "American Red Cross Services for Women." Another sign reading, "A uniformed Red Cross woman. Sign identifying the "Yugoslav Relief Society" headquarters. Canadian soldiers near the headquarters of the "RCAF Overseas." A Norwegian sailor with cap reading,"Norske Marine." Street sign pointing toward :"Canadian Red Cross and Maple Leaf Club." Headquarters of the "Newfoundland Caribou Club." Uniformed women from a Canadian province. Three Canadian soldiers lighting cigarettes. A local park in the background. Sign above "Merchant Navy Comforts Club." Sign reading: "St. Columbia Catholic Services Club." An Australian soldier walking on the sidewalk. Two uniformed women consulting a guide book with two American MPs. A Scottish soldier wearing a kilt accompanying a woman. Brief glimpses of various Allied soldiers from the British Commonwealth. British soldier wearing a busby hat. "Lion Services Club" sign with lion image. "Armoured Royal Corps Club" sign. "New Zealand Forces Club.""United Nations' Forces' Club."

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060093
Allied troops undergo training in Devon, England,before Allied invasion of Western Europe during World War II.

Allied troops undergo training during World War 2, in North Devon, England. Sign reads ‘War Department - Danger - Keep Out’. Allied troops train on an obstacle course. Troops fire guns in prone position and scale cliffs during the training. Men row a boat in rough sea. In Germany, Nazi Generals confer and plan strategies.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060094
Landing craft, tanks, munitions, and gasoline supplies assembled in England for D-day invasion in World War II

Preparations in year 1943 for the June 1944 invasion of Western Europe by Allied Force during World War 2. Conference at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in London. U.S. Generals George Marshall, Henry H. Arnold and British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery meet at SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). Montage of war scenes: British Lancaster bombers taking off. British men and women monitors working in a British Command and Intelligence Center, tracking aircraft positions on maps. U.S. B-17 bombers in daylight missions over Germany. Allied pilots and crew members in aircraft. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 aircraft at high altitudes leaving contrails behind. Bombs bursting on German industrial targets. Allied agents being airdropped over France. Allied one-man submarines or solo submarines, torpedo boats and Commandos sampling French beaches and soil conditions in the Normandy region for ability to support 30-ton tanks for the invasion of France. British airman loading reconnaissance camera into a British Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft for photographing the planned invasion region. Woman operating microscope analyzing film. Aerial reconnaissance film images being laid out and attached together to create a large overhead viewing map. Arms and equipment being air dropped to indigenous resistance forces in Nazi-occupied Europe. Mulberry floating harbor segments being designed and built to create invasion ports. Allied landing craft training in Devon, England. Allied aircraft strafing a German ship. Meteorological equipment assessing weather along the invasion coast. Wire netting to pave the beaches. Underwater pipelines to carry gasoline or petrol to France. Allied armored vehicles bearing the White Star. Troops being inoculated or vaccinated. Newly built ship going down the ways at an Allied ship yard that builds Navy warships. View of British intelligence officers with headsets at radio equipment, and personnel monitoring German radio broadcasts. Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where the Big Three are seen meeting at Tehran Conference to finalize invasion plans. Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill sitting on the porch of the Embassy building, in 1943. General Eisenhower and Allied Military leaders planning the D-Day invasion. General Omar Bradley, sitting with a British admiral. General Bernard Law Montgomery Aerial view of formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 aircraft, flying through Flak bursts. Pilots in B-17 cockpit .Bombs striking German targets. Polish, Scenes including gun camera footage of Czech, and British in Spitfire aircraft striking German railroads and marshaling yards. B-26 bombers and gunner attacking German Luftwaffe Me-109 aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060095
Allied invasion fleet prepares and leaves England for D-Day invasion in World War II

Montage of war scenes related to World War 2 Allied invasion of France. German sentry looking though binoculars. German coastal rail gun. Field Marshal Hermann Goering with Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of German High Command, inspecting Atlantic Wall coastal defenses on French coast. Allied D-day forces boarding ships in England. Troops loaded and waiting for orders to depart. Barrage balloons aloft. British and American troops, Coast Guard men, and sailors being briefed and studying aerial photographs and maps of the coast of France in the Normandy beach landing region. General James Gavin briefing American Airborne troops. American and British aircrews being briefed for missions. British King George VI visiting Royal Navy sailors aboard British warship. Sailors use light signals; ships weigh anchors,cast lines. Task force convoys underway. General Eisenhower visiting US Army paratroopers of 101st Airborne Division. U.S. paratroopers boarding C-47 airplanes the night of June 5, 1944. A C-47 named: "That's All Brother."C-47s with D-Day paint stripes taking off at nightfall.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 5 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060096
D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

Allied Invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber in flight. Allied paratroopers of 6th British,and American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions jumping from aircraft. Allied troops in gliders being towed across the English Channel. A British pilot in cockpit of aircraft towing a glider. Several gliders descending over French farm fields.Formations of Martin B-26 bombers overhead. Allied Navy warships underway. Scenes on decks of the warships. Navy heavy guns being loaded and fired from Battleships and cruisers. American B-26s and British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers in flight overhead. British spitfire fighter aircraft overhead. U.S. B-26 in D-day stripes. Bombs exploding on German enemy targets. Navy ships bombarding shore. Allied infantry descending rope nets from troop ships. B-17 bombers aloft.Gunner in a B-17. British warship in camouflage bombarding French coast. British spitfire zooming low over landing craft. Allied American and British soldiers in landing craft going ashore at several different Normandy beaches. London, with streets quiet, in early morning, June 6, 1944. Journalists assemble at British Ministry, and a U.S. Army Colonel tells them the invasion at Normandy is underway. The reporters run from the room to file their stories. People reading about it in their newspapers in various cities of the world.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060097
D-Day in World War II. British and American forces landing on Normandy beaches, and fighting their way inland.

D-Day invasion of France by Allied Force during World War 2. American troops wade ashore from landing crafts at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Wounded huddle together on Omaha Beach. Allied troops care for wounded on litters at the beach. Fallen American soldiers covered and lying on beach next to a dozen captured German prisoners of war. Allied ship burning offshore. Reinforcements coming from other beaches and from more landing craft. Troops wading ashore from landing craft. German soldiers firing rifles and mortars. A crashed Allied glider. "Screaming Eagle" insignia of 101st airborne Division on sleeve of paratrooper. German reinforcements of armor and infantry arriving from Berlin. British infantry leaving landing craft on another Normandy beach. They move rapidly off the beach and then fight their way inland, crawling at times. British artillery support firing. Views of British soldiers and American soldiers advancing in coastal towns of Normandy region. The steeple of a church falling to shellfire. British General Bernard Montgomery jumping down from an amphibious vehicle at a beach in Normandy. Allied troops riding armored vehicles into a French town. U.S. Air Forces P-38 fighters in flight overhead. Formation of British aircraft. Closeup of British De Havilland Mosquito bomber. Gun camera footage of Allied aircraft in close support, flying low and strafing German ships, flak towers, and fortifications. British Hawker Typhoon aircraft in action.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060098