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Tape 18 - 10:51:08:00 - Normandy landing - supplies landed on the beaches - German bombing of large harbours in Europe
Tape 41 - 14:39:19:00 - British troops in action in Normandy against the city of Caen
Tape 114:
NORMANDY INVASION – b/w – 51 min
The story of the invasion of Normandy, starting as far back as January 1944, when US forces were training in America, before shipping out. It then carries on through the build-up of men and materiel in England to the invasion itself on 6th June, to conclude after beachheads were established, breakthroughs achieved and the drive to Paris concluded.
Landing craft approaches beach
Beach in Normandy - ruined village - tank obstacles - destroyed material
US troops train for the Normandy invasion
US troops embark troop ship - troop convoy at sea - leisure at sea
Invasion training off the coast of England - landing craft at sea then troops rush beach
Invasion fleet during their training
Bombing mission over France - aerial views of bombs falling and hitting targets
Materiel loaded onto ships - minor repairs to ships carried out - K-rations craned onboard
US troops embark on LCVPs - US troops embark invasion fleet
US troops onboard invasion fleet - Allied bombers in air over France - aerial view of targets hit
Religious service in embarkation port - coastguard officer briefs his men
Invasion fleet leave English ports - invasion fleet at sea
MG ammo being prepared - naval lookouts with binoculars - invasion fleet at sea
US officers study map of Normandy beaches
Night bombing raid over France - aerial view of targets hit - paratroopers jump
Naval bombardment of French coast - US troops embark landing craft
Landing craft head for beach - continuous naval bombardment
Allied forces hit the beaches under heavy fire - new troops constantly arriving
Motorised equipment have arrived - - more troops ferried to the beaches
Trucks transferred from larger to smaller vessels - Rhino Ferries (barges)
Further troops are landed - vehicles driven ashore - amphibian and trucks arrive
German POWs - Coast Guard rescue boat at sea picking up survivors - hospital ship waiting
Wounded taken off the beaches - wounded transferred from ship to ship
View over invasion beaches - damaged materiel
Allied troops move inland - trucks and other materiel still arriving on the beaches
Sherman tank on beach - barge on loaded - at night German bombers attack invasion fleet
View of invasion beach - bad weather with heavy waves - crews rescued between ships
Damaged ships after the storm - German POWs onboard landing craft
German POWs disembark in England - aerial view of troop ship at sea - German POWs onboard
Allied troops land on Normandy beaches
Rural scenes from England - aircraft and glider in air - glider taken out of shipping crate
Transport crates become housing for US troops - gliders on ground being prepared
German fortifications on the French Atlantic coast - German gunner in training
Allied HQ in England
Troop movements in southern England in, a.o., buses - paratroopers arrive at airport
US soldiers in jazz band - training/play - reading letters - invasion markings painted on aircraft
US troops receive French currency - soldiers preparing their weapons - religious service
Eisenhower visits paratroopers before mission
Paratroopers embark - parachute fitted - Indian soldiers with war paint
Aircraft (C-$&) with paratroopers take off at night - in air - paratroopers prepare to jump
Paratroopers jump over France - aircraft dragging gliders in air - gliders land in the dark
Troops disembark gliders at speed - naval bombardment at night
Aerial view of airfield filled with aircraft and gliders prepared for invasion - they take off
Aircraft and gliders in air - aerial view as aircraft/gliders pass English Lighthouse
Aerial view of Normandy beach - gliders in air - flooded landscape - gliders on ground seen from air
Cockpit of glider as it cuts lose - gliders come in to land - landing - some damage
Troops disembark from gliders at speed - damaged gliders on ground - troops on ground
US troops in French town
War Bond propaganda
01:36:06:00 - The French Campaign
Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Quebec
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet in Tehran
German fortification on French Atlantic coast
Field Marshal Rommel visits the 'Atlantic Wall' Bristol Blenheim
Bombing raid on German targets - German 190 fighter attack bomber - bombs dropped
Aerial view of bombs hitting targets
Equipment for invasion collected in southern England
Eisenhower and staff in conference. Montgomery attends - airfield as US fighters take off
Trains attacked by Allied aircraft - road junction hit
Scenes of the invasion fleet - naval bombardment
Allied forces land on Normandy beaches against heavy German defence - mortar and bazooka
Allied tanks and other vehicles landed in Normandy - view over beach with barrage balloons
US troops en route towards Cherbourg - artillery fire - US tanks through town
General battle scenes around Cherbourg - German POWs - the port of Cherbourg
Repairs in Cherbourg - train rolling again
Eisenhower and Bradley in Jeep - General Patton - B-17 bombers overhead - bombes dropped St. Lo
Sherman tank/tracks - tank with infantry support - armoured vehicles at speed - Sherman tank
German panzers on road - low flying fighter - British radio operators in field south of Caen
Allied artillery fire - burning material - destroyed Tiger panzer - German POWs
Large column of Allied trucks bringing up supplies
C-47 aircraft with paratroopers in air - paratroopers jump - Allied landing in southern France
Eiffel Tower - scenes of resistance from Paris, fighting in streets etc - Tigers and other panzers
French 2nd Armoured Div. on road to Paris - General Leclerc - Allied troops greeted in Paris
Fighting in Paris incl. tanks - Germans surrender - celebrations in Paris - De Gaulle walks through!
Victory parade in Paris - Arc de Triumph - Notre Dame - L'Opera - street life in Paris