| 00:01:50 0.53 |
"D-DAY CONVOY TO NORMANDY"
ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO & INCLUDING D-DAY. PART OF RIFLEMAN IN INVASION SHOW. |
| 00:01:50 0.53 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND
THE ROLE OF THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN 'THE MEN OF THE BLUE BADGE', IN THAT BATTLE. |
| 00:02:08 18.53 |
COLONEL TELLS OF THE INFANTRYMAN'S RIFLE AND
THE REMARKS OF NAZI'S HERMANN GORING WHEN INTERVIEWED AFTER HIS CAPTURE. |
| 00:08:32 402.53 |
THE INVASION OF NORMANDY - MS- CHURCHILL, STALIN
AND ROOSEVELT, POSE AT THE BIG THREE MEETING AT TEHERAN, PERSIA (IRAN) |
| 00:08:43 413.53 |
MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER AT MEETING WITH SECRETARY
OF STATE MARSHALL AND OTHERS, WHERE IKE WAS CHOSEN TO BE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE INVASION. |
| 00:08:57 427.53 |
MS- MAP SHOWS OTHER PORTS IN FRANCE THAT WERE
ALSO CHOSEN FOR THE INVASION |
| 00:09:13 443.53 |
MONTAGE- LINES AND LINES OF TANKS AND TRUCKS LIE
IN OPEN FIELD AWAITING THE INVASION. MS- A LONG STRING OF FLAT CARS CARRY TANKS BY RAIL. |
| 00:09:24 454.53 |
MONTAGE- ENDLESS LINES OF INFANTRYMEN MARCH TO
THE TRANSPORT SHIPS AND EMBARK. |
| 00:09:33 463.53 |
LS- TROOPS CHARGE THE BEACHES IN REALISTIC
TRAINING. |
| 00:10:00 490.53 |
CU- CAMERAS ON LOW FLYING PLANES SHOW THE ROOF
TOPS OF HOUSES RUSH BY AS LOW FLYING PLANES BLAST THE NAZI SUPPLIES. AERIAL- HUGE BLASTS FROM BOMBS HITTING GROUND TARGETS. |
| 00:10:23 513.53 |
MS- A GI GUNNER ON A BOMBER MOVES HIS FIRING
MACHINE GUN IN ALL POSITIONS AS NAZI PLANES ATTACK . LS- A B-25 BLOWS UP IN MID-AIR. |
| 00:10:46 536.53 |
MONTAGE- CLOSE VIEW OF GIS BARKING BACK AS THEIR
NAMES ARE CALLED BY THEIR SERGEANT. |
| 00:11:04 554.53 |
LS- YOUNG STUDENTS WAVE TO TRUCK LOADS OF GIS
PASSING THROUGH THEIR VILLAGE TO THE PORTS. |
| 00:11:18 568.53 |
MONTAGE- A CONTINUOUS UNENDING TRAFFIC OF ARMY
VEHICLES ON ENGLISH ROADS. |
| 00:11:27 577.53 |
MS- GIS LINE UP FOR NEW GAS MASKS. CU- A GI TRIES
ONE ON. CU- FIELD RATIONS ARE ISSUED, INCLUDING CANDY AND CIGARETTES |
| 00:11:39 589.53 |
MS- THE QUARTER MASTER COUNTS OUT FRENCH FOLDING
MONEY AS HE ISSUES IT TO EACH GI. THAT'S WHEN THE TROOPS KNEW WHERE THEY WERE GOING. |
| 00:11:55 605.53 |
MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF TANK CREWS, WITH THEIR
PECULIAR HELMETS, SIT IN A FIELD AND GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR COMMANDERS.THE MEN MAN THEIR TANKS AND MOVE OUT. |
| 00:13:11 681.53 |
MONTAGE- TANKS AND TRUCKS ARE LOADED BACKWARDS
ON LSTS. MONTAGE- SCORES OF FOOT SOLDIERS MARCH TO THE PIER IN AN ENDLESS LINE. |
| 00:13:33 703.53 |
MONTAGE- THE TROOPS ARE SHUTTLED TO THE TRANSPORT
SHIPS IN SMALL ASSAULT BOATS WHICH THEY BOARD BY CLIMBING CARGO NETS ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP SAILORS HELP THEM OVER THE TOP. |
| 00:15:30 820.53 |
GIS IMMEDIATELY START A GAME OF CRAPS. MS- 2
SAILORS PLAY WITH THEIR PET PUPPY.MS- GIS CLEAN THEIR WEAPONS. CU- GI POLISHES HIS BOOTS. |
| 00:17:43 953.53 |
LS- GLIDERS AND AIRBORNE TROOPS ARE READIED TO
DROP BEHIND ENEMY LINES 10 HOURS BEFORE INVASION CU GLIDER PILOTS LISTEN TO LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS. MS- GENERAL GAVIN SPEAKS TO HIS MEN |
| 00:18:21 991.53 |
MS- GIS BOW THEIR HEADS IN PRAYER AS A PRIEST
SAYS MASS. MS- GENERAL IKE IS SURROUNDED BY THE AIRBORNE TROOPS AS HE WISHES THEM WELL. |
| 00:19:05 1035.53 |
TROOPS MAN THE GLIDERS WHICH ARE PULLED TO THE
SKY BY TRANSPORT PLANES BY A TETHER |
| 00:19:27 1057.53 |
MS- MEN HELP EACH OTHER PUT ON THEIR PARACHUTES
EACH IS GIVEN A FINAL CHECK BY THE JUMP MASTER |
| 00:21:10 1160.53 |
MONTAGE- 90 MINUTES BEFORE H-HOUR THE DAWN IS
SHATTERED BY A TREMENDOUS NAVAL BOMBARDMENT LS- INFANTRYMEN CLIMB DOWN THE CARGO NETS INTO THE LANDING CRAFT. |
| 00:22:02 1212.53 |
LS- AN AIRPLANE CONING TOWER IS SHATTERED BY
MACHINE GUNS AS SEEN BY ATTACKING FIGHTER PLANE. AERIAL- A TRAIN IS STRAFED AND THE LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. |
| 00:23:44 1314.53 |
LS- GIS COME ASHORE AT NORMANDY AND ARE MET BY
FIERCE FIREPOWER. GIS FALL AS THEY ARE HIT. |
| 00:24:15 1345.53 |
MS- A DAZED GI IS LED AWAY FROM HIS BOAT, ANOTHER
IS DRAGGED OUT OF THE WATER BY 2 BUDDIES. |
| 00:24:50 1380.53 |
A MEDIC HOLDS UP A PINT OF BLOOD PLASMA BEING
GIVEN TO A FALLEN GI. |
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Year: 1944-1953
Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II
Specialty CollectionGenre: WORLD WAR II
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Keywords: military
