Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. INVASION FORCES STRIKE COAST OF FRANCE

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. INVASION FORCES STRIKE COAST OF FRANCE

1944

Shows preparations in England, landings, and combat in France. Reel 1 shows details of preparations by the 502nd Parachute Regt. and Brit. airborne troops. Gen. Brereton and Brit. Gen. Gale visit their troops. Brit. Gen. Rennie inspects landing craft. Boats are loaded; Brit. troops relax en route to France. U.S. troops board boats. 8th Air Force bombers hit French targets. Troops land at Normandy. Reel 2 shows British and U.S. troops on the beaches. Paratroops advance at St. Marcouf. Gens. Eisenhower and Bradley and Brit. Gens. Montgomery and Ramsey confer aboard a ship.

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