1944 AVIATION: American 9th A.F. paratroops take off for 2nd Front

Date: 8th June 1944

Location: Unknown location

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: The Hour of Liberation

SLATE INFORMATION: United Nations Launch Invasion of Europe

MAP of Europe

ENGLAND: Location unknown:

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Trucks, guns and food supplies to be used in invasion

Troops disembark from assault landing craft onto beach in rehearsal / Parachutists drop from planes / Soldiers in field / Smoke machine to simulate battle conditions / U.S flame throwers demonstration / Planes drop bombs as explosions on ground / Planes in air

FRANCE: Mulhouse:

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AIR VIEWS / AERIALS Explosions on ground as U.S. Marauders bomb French targets / 16mm gun fire and explosions as planes attacking barges, planes and dumps from pilot's POINT OF VIEW (POV)

ENGLAND: Various locations:

Headlines ' Invasion of Europe Begins' as people buy and read newspapers / MONTAGE of people looking to sky including milkman, children, butcher and policeman as sound of bombers heard SOT / Crowd of soldiers by embarkation sheds as Winston Churchill MP (Prime Minister) smokes cigar and giving victory sign / Admiral Ramsay (Allied Naval Commander in Chief) saluted as goes on board ship / British and American troops along pier as embarking, some with bicycles / Boats leaving shore / US Army soldiers marching down to shore and boarding landing craft / Troop carriers set sail as soldiers silhouetted in evening sun / Soldiers waving from troop carrier / 9th US Air Force paratroopers along to board troop carrying planes

Channel Islands: Alderney:

AIR VIEWS / AERIALS of Marauder planes and Isle of Alderney as planes drop bombs and explosions on ground

English Channel:

AIR VIEW / AERIAL ships of invasion fleet

AEROPLANES (Allied). ie.& white stripes. Star of Liberation 9th A.F. paratroops take off for 2nd Front

AEROPLANES (Allied). ie.& white stripes. Star of Liberation MARAUDERS bomb French targets..explosions on ground..planes drop bombs V.G.ground explosions

AEROPLANES, GERMAN In air & on ground 16mm. shoot up

ALDERNEY Aerial views in "Hour of liberation"

AMERICA MILITARY. U.S.& Br: troops embark on L.C.I's for 2nd Front

ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT. Br: & U.S.troops embark for 2nd Front

BARGES 16mm. shoot up in France

BEVIN, ERNEST w. Churchill & col, visits Canadian troops

BOMBS Planes drop bombs V.G.explosions from ground

BRADLEY Lt.Gen. Omar C.G. 11 U.S.Corps. w. Ramsay from lib. used in

BROOKE Sir Allan w.Churchill visits Canadians invasion troops

CANADA. Churchill w.Smuts, Bevin & A.Brooke visits Canadian Invasion troops in Britain

CHURCHILL. Visits invasion forces on coast before D-Day

FLAME THROWERS U.S. flame throwers used in 2nd Front Issue

FRANCE. HOUR OF LIBERATION.. Marauders bomb French targets.. MULHOUSE explosions on ground.. 16mm.shoot up barges, planes, and dumps

MAP. Of England & N. France coastline

MILITARY BRITISH. Br: & U.S.troops embark on L.C.I's for 2nd Front

NAVAL BRITISH. Admiral Ramsay inspects 2nd Front Fleet..Br: & U.S. troops embark on L.C.I's & others

NEWSPAPERS. Re: INVASION of Europe

PARACHUTES. AND PARACHUTISTS. U.S. 9th A.F. paratroops embark & take off 2nd front

RAMSAY, Admiral Sir Bertram (Allied Naval Cmdr. Exped. Force) Inspects Invasion Fleet for 2nd Front

SECOND FRONT. HOUR OF LIBERATION.. Rehearsal from Lib.. Br: & U.S. troops embark..paratroops take off..French targets bombed..leaders Ramsay, Bradley, Spaatz, Mallory, Monty, Tedder, Eisenhower

SMUTTS Field Marshall w.Churchill visits Canadian invasion troops

SUPPLIES & SUPPLY DROPPING Trucks, guns, food from lib. used in

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