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Normandy Invasion: Airborne Assault Over France - Reels In HD
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keywords: wwii, european theater, normandy invasion, 101st airborne division, 82nd airborne division, paratroops, parachute, glider, b-26 marauder medium bomber
Synopsis: Documenting Airborne invasion of Fortress Europe by the paratroopers of the American 101st Airborne Division and 82nd Airborne Division via parachute and glider, supported by night fire by naval guns and daylight attacks by B-26 Marauders medium bombers...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:21:37
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: England, France
Normandy Invasion: Airborne Assault Over France - Reels In HD: Reel-4
Paratroopers of the American 101st Airborne Division climb into Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) military transport planes. View from aircraft interior looking out at line of men moving forward to board aircraft. Cut to outside view, one paratrooper with British type leg pack of demolition supplies being assisted by other troopers into the aircraft. Shows 101st "Screaming Eagle" shoulder insignia on troopers.
This footage was shot at dusk, silhouettes of Pathfinder Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division marching across airfield and boarding aircraft. Shows the "serial" of three C-47 aircraft with recognition invasion markings or recognition invasion stripes carrying the Pathfinder Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division taking off. Shows "V formation" of the three "serials" in the first wave of pathfinder aircraft in flight. The second wave of three "serials in V formation" carried the Pathfinder Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Shows hundreds of other C-47 transport planes moving into take-off position on runway ready for take-off 30-minutes after the pathfinder planes were airborne. Shows take-off and flight of C-47 troop transport planes with paratroopers of the airborne assault forces in the invasion of France in WWII. Interior of a C-47 plane, paratroopers ordered to stand up and hook-up. Interior shot of paratrooper jumping out doorway of C-47 aircraft. Ground-to-air view of hundreds of parachute canopies filling the sky.
Night footage of soldiers of a troop carrier group marching toward gliders to make unplanned and untrained glider landings at night. German Panzers moving into the peninsula made 100 glider loads of troops and anti-tanks guns essential. 0200 hour, time for gliders to go.
Normandy Invasion: Airborne Assault Over France - Reels In HD: Reel-5
Flashes of fire from night barrage of naval guns fired by invasion fleet on D-Day, invasion of France, in WWII. Martin B-26 Marauder bombers blast the German coastal defenses ahead of the invasion troops. Formation of B-26 planes over France, bomb bay camera scenes showing bombs descending, ground explosions of bombs striking targets.
LST Landing Ships on way to Normandy beachhead. Troops wading ashore from LST. Formation of B-26 Marauder bombers in next phase, CU of bombs released from bomb bay, CU of bombers dropping bombs and ground explosions. Shows P-51 Mustang fighter planes strafing ground targets, large explosion resulting from strafing of railroad cars and other targets. Footage of U.S. M4 artillery tractors moving off beachhead followed by Infantry troops.
Back in England an aerial view of large airfield shows C-47 tow aircraft and Waco CG-4 and Airspeed Horsa type gliders being readied for mission. Shows troops marching across airfield to gliders. CU of British 6th Airborne insignia on shoulder of British paratrooper. British 6th Airborne Division paratroopers climbing into gliders. CU of British Horsa Glider being towed down runway. CU of C-47 Dakota (RAF designation) tow plane of the RAF 38th Group and British Horsa Glider take-off.
Normandy Invasion: Airborne Assault Over France - Reels In HD: Reel-6
Aerial view coast of England, light house on point of land. Footage of C-47 tow aircraft and gliders over water with fighter escort to landing zones during the Normandy invasion in WWII. LS taken from coast showing invasion fleet at sea. C-47 aircraft and gliders overhead. Aerial view of invasion fleet. German anti-aircraft fire downs Allied plane, plane crashes into the sea. Air-to-air shot of British Airspeed Horsa glider in flight. Aerial view of area flooded by the Germans. Aerial view of gliders on ground that has landed. Gliders are cut loose from tow planes, various scenes of gliders descending to landing zones, escort fighter planes passing in BG. Shows one glider landing in flooded area. Shows stakes or poles mounted in field as traps against glider landings. Shows troops rushing from Airspeed Horsa glider.
Scenes of the Allied invasion forces firing artillery, tanks firing, loading and firing of mortars. Paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions advancing into towns and villages, "Saint Marcouf", "Ste Marie-Du-Mont", "Carentan", "Notorious". The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions received a commendation from the Commanding General. Two paratroopers riding in a German Kettenkrad all terrain vehicle (German motorcycle tank), another paratrooper riding a horse. Two soldiers in a German Kettenkrad towing a small trailer. German prisoner with hands on head escorted by two U.S. soldiers. Shows gliders that were damaged by small arms fire, wrecked on landing in Normandy, or destroyed by German cannon fire. Paratroopers on parade. Reviewing Officers: General Eisenhower, two-star general, 3-star general, and one-star general reviewing paratroopers. Troops passing in review.
