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American aircraft bomb German targets in France during World War II.

Allied aircraft bombard German targets in France before the invasion of Normandy during World War 2. A formation of U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers is silhouetted against the sky,. Next is a view from a bomber as its bombs fall away towards targets below. Flashes of bombs exploding in a row on the ground causing smoke to rise upwards rapidly. Glimpse of a U.S. B-17 bomber in flight. A descending trail of white smoke is seen behind the B-17. More views from an airplane of bombs falling from it through contrails below. Views from above of the bombs striking and raising smoke below.

Location: France
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049848
Military vehicles and cargoes are loaded aboard a ship in advance of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II

Allied equipment and vehicles loaded onto transport ship before the invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Slate,referring to the Allied invasion reads "D-Day -4." View on Deck of a ship as heavy hawser line is cranked around a winch drum. A jeep is seen being lowered into the hold of the ship. Closeup of two American soldiers riding in another jeep being lowered below in the ship. View from above as the jeep is lowered deep into the ship's hold. Back on deck, a large diesel engine secured by chains is carefully guided by sailors as it moves toward its stowage space. Glimpse of a welder making a repair on the ship's superstructure. A sailor securing a life boat on deck. Other sailors control the loading of a cargo net filled with boxes of supplies.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 2
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049849
U.S. troops in England, board transport ships, in preparation for the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II

Slate,referring to the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, in World War 2, reads "D-Day -3." American soldiers walk close past the camera. View of docks at Weymouth England where several Large Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L), numbers 497; 84 4; and 97, among others, are unloading U.S. troops onto the docks. Closeup of troops in full combat gear moving across the docks. Some of them wear red cross medic armbands. Troops being settled into Higgins boats. One pulling away with troops aboard, comes from the USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30). Higgins Boats speeding along the water carrying troops out to transport ships. View from the transport ship USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) as some of her Higgins Boats arrive carrying troops. Closeup of troops climbing aboard the Samuel Chase. Various views of troops finding their way on the deck of the ship. Some are seen walking between piles of supplies below decks on the ship.

Location: Weymouth England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 3
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049850
Allied invasion fleet underway towards Normandy, France during World War II.

Allied invasion fleet on their way to Normandy, France during World War II for D-Day invasion.Views from a transport ship of various Allied amphibious invasion craft leaving British waters, en route to Normandy France during World War 2. Seen nearby are several large landing craft, each carrying troops and military vehicles, as well as 4 Higgins Boats on top. Soldiers on the transport ship look at the attack transport ship USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) as it comes, abeam. On deck of the camera ship, an Army Major General points, as he converses with a Marine Colonel. Next a Destroyer Escort in camouflage paint is seen moving rapidly past the camera ship. A transport ship and various landing craft are in the background. Barrage balloons fly low over the horizon. Camera tracks the passing Destroyer Escort as it moves ahead. Drastic change of scene shows three large American Landing Craft Infantry, LCI(L) docked at Weymouth, England. (They are numbers: 487, 493,and 488.) Landing Craft, LCI (L) number 498, getting underway. View to the rear of a number of large landing craft underway in British waters behind the camera boat. Closeup of the bridge on Landing Craft, LCI(L) number 87, with officer and sailor. Large landing craft underway in loose formation with a line of barrage balloons overhead. Several troop ships in a line. A troop transport underway with a Benson Livermore class destroyer behind it. Closeup of soldiers on the deck of a ship, using a belt loader to place loose rounds into a machine gun belt. Soldiers looking over ship's railing at the ocean below. Officer with binoculars on ship's bridge, relays instructions to a sailor who passes them by radio to others. A sailor manning a fire control position on deck. He rotates it and focuses on formations of Allied aircraft in flight overhead. An 83 foot U.S. Coast Guard rescue cutter racing past a transport ship. Allied capital war ships in the convoy, viewed by sailors from the camera ship. Soldiers napping in out-of -the -way places on deck. An officer using a long pointer as he briefs Coast Guardsmen about landing craft tactics. A Coast Guard Commander leaning over a briefing board with a sailor.

Location: English Channel
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049852
An aged marine engineer U-boat designer visits a modern German submarine during World War II

An 85-year old former marine engineer and U-boat designer, arrives for a visit to a modern German submarine during World War 2. It is raining and he carries an umbrella. Crew members help him aboard the docked boat. He stands in the main control room, as crew members explain the features of their U-boat. Next he is seen back on deck with a young woman. The Captain returns his umbrella and the two step back onto the dock, as an officer salutes.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675049861
US 3rd and 36th Infantry Division soldiers prepare to invade Southern France during World War II.

Allied troops of the 3rd and 36th Infantry Divisions prepare before the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon) during World War 2. Allied ships underway in Atlantic Ocean advance to invade Southern France. Camera pans across the deck of a troop ship filled with troops. American soldiers on board look at a map of France. Soldiers issued ammunition, flares and grenades. Soldier loads cartridges into a bandolier. A soldier reads a French phrase book. American flags are sewn on to the sleeves of shirts. A man with a dog. Invasion fleet underway as sun sets in the background.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049862
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