WORLD WAR II: "D DAY" Part 1

Description

Summary: LS, C-47s lined up on English airport. CUs American airborne troops, and paratroopers, entering C-47 plane. CUs paratroopers put on Mae West Jackets, full field packs and parachutes. LS, briefing; reading message from Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. CU, name C-47 "That's All Brother". CU, Lt Gen Lewis B Brereton gives trooper a rabbit's foot. Sequence transports taking off at night (lights on). AVs English Channel, convoy below, fighter craft above; Guernsey Island. Medium bombers strafing light house. B-26 dropping stick of 26 bombs; explosions below. (Static on film). BOMBING BIAK ISLAND.: Schouten Isls, Dutch N Guinea: 05/1944. CU, animated map; bombs dropping on Biak Island runway. MS, and CU, B-24 bombing island. MS Parachute dropping into sea; smoke markers dropping life raft and radio. CUs, 5000 lb bombs falling, bursting on Japanese AA guns on beach. SEE BELOW.: Siena, Italy: 04/1944: 884'. BOMBING OF ITALIAN CITY. SIENA, ITALY(APRIL 1944). CU, 3 B-26s taking off. AV formation. CU pilot controls, CU bomb bay opening. AVs B-26s dropping bombs, on RR yards; bombs bursting below. Note: First part of reel has scratches and static marks on neg & MP.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities