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The True Glory 1945: Reel-2

Public Domain Stock Footage The True Glory 1945: Reel-2

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keywords: WWII, European Theater, Combat In Europe, D-Day Invasion Training, Adolf Hitler, Allied Bombing Campaign, D-Day Invasion Ships

Synopsis: Detailing the WWII Invasion of Western Europe and combat in Europe with scenes of British troops training for D-Day, German Dictator and German high officials pouring over a battle map while in England their counterparts planning for the invasion, Allied bombing campaign against German targets, German troops preparing for invasion in France, Allied tanks and troops loading aboard invasion transports, Allied invasion fleet leave British ports, Paratroopers board their aircraft and more...(read more)

  • Date: 1945
  • Duration: 00:10:04
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Europe

The True Glory 1945: Reel-2

The True Glory 1945 Reel-2

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R2:00:00:13:10

British troops train for the amphibious invasion of German occupied Western Europe in WW2 WWII. Scenes of British soldiers in small boat attempting to land on a rocky beach in heavy seas.

R2:00:01:04:16

Scenes of Hitler and German Officers around a large map of the German defenses along the coast of Western Europe (The Atlantic Wall, German Atlantikwall). Scenes of Allied Military Officers planning the Normandy Invasion of Nazi occupied France.

R2:00:01:41:01

Various scenes of the Allied Forces preparing for the Normandy Invasion in WW2 (WWII). Scenes of Allied bombers bombing German military targets, dropping supplies to French underground (resistance) fighters, launching a section of a Mulberry harbour (harbor), tanks with a white star emblem, and various other scenes.

R2:00:03:24:10

Scenes of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference (also known as Tehran Summit), codenamed Eureka, in 1943 where the date for the Normandy invasion was set. Door sign reads “Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Scenes of General Eisenhower with Allied Officers looking at large wall map of location of Allied invasion of Normandy, France.

R2:00:04:19:02

Scenes of Allied bombers and fighters attacking German military target in Nazi occupied France in preparation for the invasion of Normandy France (Normandy Invasion). Scene of B-17 waist gunner firing at enemy aircraft, German fighter plane exploding.

R2:00:05:09:02

In Nazi occupied France the German troops prepare for an invasion by Allied forces. Image of German railroad gun is moved into position, german Generals looking across the English Channel, CU of Herman Goring with German soldiers along coast of France.

R2:00:05:43:06

Scenes of tanks and troops loading aboard Allied ships at seaports in England. Various scenes of Allied military guns and supplies moving toward English seaports. Thousands of Allied soldiers boarding all types of ships at British seaports. Various scenes of Allied troops being briefed on Normandy Invasion plans.

R2:00:08:32:13

Brief image of British King George VI in military uniform salutes as he boards a ship. Scenes of naval signal lamp (light) sending Morse code to other ships. CU of ship anchor chain being hosed down as the anchor is reeled aboard. Scenes of ships departing English seaports. Scenes of the Normandy invasion fleet at sea.

R2:00:09:12:00

General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. 'Full victory-nothing less' to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in England, just before they board their planes to participate in the first assault in the Normandy invasion. Scenes of paratroopers boarding planes in darkness. Nose art on one plane “That's All Brother”. Planes loaded with “invasion stripes” loaded with paratroopers take off in darkness.