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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
D-DAY Part 1
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Gen. Eisenhower and his aides map the Normandy invasion. German pictures show the extent of their coastal defenses. Tanks, guns, locomotives, and other military equipment is massed on the English beaches. Troops practice loading operations. Landing craft is tested in the English Channel. Pictures of practice landing and airborne operations are used to dramatize the actual invasion on June 6, 1944.
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Records of the Office of War Information
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Motion Picture Films from United News Newsreels
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