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Material of war being loaded onto vessels and piles of invasion equipment readied in USA and Britain.

War materiel in the United States amassed to serve as D-Day invasion equipment for invasion of France during World War II. At a U.S. port, airplanes are lifted to the decks of ships that are loaded with freight for invasion preparation ports. Materials of war being loaded into vessels. A ship convoy underway at sea. In a British port, piled up material and equipment for invasion armies preparing for war. African American soldiers unload ships. Tires, soap, tobacco, candy and refuse cans. Rolling stock, tanks, gasoline drums, pontoon boats, railroad cars, locomotives, boats, trucks, ambulances, guns and bombs are seen. Rows of gliders, fighter warplanes, and various airplanes are shown parked and ready for shipment. Bomb shells stacked and ready.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058145
A signal officer signals for British aircraft to land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier on the west coast of Canada.

British aircraft land aboard an aircraft carrier on the west coast of Canada during World War II. The British flag flutters on an aircraft carrier (which the U.S. furnished to the British Navy under the Lend-Lease Act). A British officer (or Canadian Navy officer) looks through binoculars. British aircraft in flight. A man operates a blinker to direct the aircraft. The aircraft carrier underway at sea. A signal officer signals for landing. An aircraft lands on the flight deck of the carrier. The aircraft wings are folded.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058146
A giant plow removes ice from mountain roadways at Chinook Pass in Washington, United States.

Giant plows clear mountain roadways at Chinook Pass in Washington, United States. Views of Mount Rainier. A giant plow removes ice from mountain roadways. A vehicle moves on the road.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058148
Earl Baldwin inaugurates a new railroad and people enjoy traveling in it around Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut.

Lake Compounce's railway in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Views of Lake Compounce. People standing beside the lake. Governor of Connecticut Raymond Earl Baldwin drives to inaugurate the service. People enjoy traveling in the kid's train around the lake. The train moves along tracks around the lake.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058149
Girls join the Women's Army Corps and display newly designed uniforms in the United States.

Girls decide to serve the country by enlisting in the WAC in the United States. In Los Angeles, California girls enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Their parents greet them as they entrain for Fort Des Moines, Iowa. WAC personnel stand in a pattern to form the word "WAC". The New York skyline. WACs wearing newly designed uniforms. A WAC personnel displays a uniform. The WAC personnel salutes and smiles.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058150
Racing horse Pensive and its jockey Conn N. McCreary win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Large crowds, three year-old thoroughbred horses, jockeys and owners gather for the Kentucky Derby. The race starts. Racing horses run on the race course. A woman watches through binoculars. Spectators cheer. Pensive owned by Calumet Farm and jockeyed by Conn N. McCreary wins the derby and receive prize money of $65,200.

Date: 1944, May 8
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058151