U.S. Navy Admirals aboard a cruiser off the coast after the invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Raymond Spruance with U.S. Fleet. Admiral Ernest King aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) anchored. Ships of U.S. Task Force in the background. Navy Hospital Ship USS Relief (AH-1) lying off-shore.
Allied logistics supply operations getting started at Arromanches-les-Bains, France, following the Normandy invasion in World War 2. A large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) number 153 is seen beached, along with many other landing craft. Various other ships are seen along with cranes and equipment along the beach. Field ambulances move along the beach road. Camera focuses on LCI(L) number 642. Some larger ships are offshore. Trucks move along the road, and soldiers and Coast Guardsmen are seen.
View from U.S. Army vehicle traveling along road approaching Bayeux, France, during World War 2. Some residential buildings at the outskirts. An imposing chateau, with "Lion Noir" written on one wing. A fountain (not running) in the lawn. Numerous Allied soldiers walking on streets of downtown Bayeux. No evidence of war damage.
View from road overlooking French village of Arromanches-les-Bains, where the Allies established a logistics port during the Normandy invasion of World War 2. Barrage balloon is aloft over the water. Allied ships are visible in the distance. Camera turns in opposite direction, looking out over village rooftops. The barrage balloon is seen more clearly, and some ships are close to shore, where much war materiel is gathered on the beach. A group of U.S. soldiers walks down a sandy road toward the water. A group of French civilians watch the activies, from the hillside. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) is close to shore. Cranes and supplies and equipment line the beach. A variety of ships are in the water behind the LST.
U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. Interiors of an operations building shows an operations officer making a call on a phone. Displayed on a board is a chart of the airfield, RAF Chelveston (USAAF Station 105) in Northamptonshire, England. Airmen inside the operations building measure distances on a large wall map. A tower operator fires a flash signal gun. British and American airmen stand on an observation platform and watch B-17s overhead, while several aircrew members sit in the grass below. A British airman on the platform holds a very pistol.
B-17s of the U.S. 91st Bombardment Group, returning to their home base at RAF Station Bassingbourn following a bombing mission,in World War 2. B-17, tail number 41-24617, named "Southern Comfort," taxiing on outboard engines, only, after landing with a large chunk of its rudder shot away. Crew members and other airmen gather around the battle-damaged aircraft. Closeups of the damage to its rudder. Dim views of the B-17, "Memphis Belle," tail number 41-24485, with skin missing from wing exposing its internal ribs. It also has holes in its rudder and its nose. Closeup of a B-17 engine stained by fire-fighting foam. Other views of battle damage to a B-17.
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