1944 Reinforcements arrive at Normandy

Date: 15th June 1944

Location: France

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

SLATE INFORMATION: The Beach-Head Established Reinformcements Continue to Flow Into Normandy

FRANCE: Normandy:

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AEROPLANES. R.A.F. Beaufighters fire rockets off French coast

AEROPLANES (Allied). ie.& white stripes. Star of Liberation Bomb French bridges..ground explosions..w.broad white trails..In Cuts: Beaufighters shoot rockets

AMERICAN MILITARY. and British Reinforcements land Normandy ..

ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT. Land Allied reinforcements in Normandy w.balloons

BALLOONS. Allied shipping in Channel w. balloons

BOMBS Explode on French bridges

BRADLEY Lt.Gen. Omar C.G. 11 U.S.Corps. Boads Br:minelayer in France to greet Eisenhower

EISENHOWER, General. w.Ad. Ramsay, & Gen. Montgomery in France

FRANCE. BEACHHEAD ESTABLISHED.. Allied reinforcements land.. Seine bridges bombed

KIRK, Admiral. Boards minelayer off France to greet Eisenhower

MILITARY BRITISH. w.U.S.reinforcements land in Normandy..Montgomery arrives

MONTGOMERY, General. w Ramsey and Eisenhower in France

NAVAL BRITISH. Shipping takes reinforcements to Normandy

PRISONERS OF WAR Germans in Normandy w Hands up..one in sand half buried embarked in France and landed England

RAMSAY, Admiral Sir Bertram (Allied Naval Cmdr. Exped. Force) w. Eisenhower & Montgomery in France

SECOND FRONT. BEACHHEAD ESTABLISHED..ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS OF MEN AND ARMOUR LAND..Ad.Ramsay & Eisenhower & Monty land

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