This colorized footage of WWII consists of the following subjects:
00:00 D-Day invasion fleet in English Channel
00:13 LCI on June 6, 1944, with British or Canadian troops aboard
00:15 American paratrooper on the move, and German infantryman behind him
00:19 General Eisenhower and Field Marshall Montgomery consult with high command
00:33 Adolf Hitler and general staff
00:38 German defenses at Normandy part of Atlantic Wall
00:43 Prime Minister Winston Churchill
00:46 Failed British/Canadian attack on Dieppe in August of 1942
00:57 Abandoned landing craft on beach at Dieppe in aftermath of raid; wounded and captured Canadian troops, wrecked light tanks on the beach.
01:25 Wounded Canadian soldier at Dieppe.
01:34 Canadian prisoners march at Dieppe.
01:43 Marshaling of invasion fleet for D-Day including troop transports
01:47 General Eisenhower and Lord Mountbatten
01:52 Atlantic Wall defenses
02:00 Erwin Rommel at General Staff meeting
02:08 Building Atlantic Wall defenses
02:28 Towing Mulberry harbor system
02:37 Mulberry Harbor piers being emplaced
02:47 inspection of invasion material including landing craft / Higgins boats and assembly of B-25 aircraft
03:00 Field Marshall George Montgomery
03:11 Aircraft sortie for invasion, bombing of Occupied France including railroad stations and bridges, roads and airfields
03:22 Communications, radios, telephone system, switchboard
03:30 Troops assemble for embarkation
03:41 Gliders await flight
03:45 Invasion fleet transports, LCI, LST, LSD
04:42 Royal Air Force Spitfires and Hurricanes take flight
05:00 Paratroops prepare for pre-D-Day invasion drop on D-Day Minus One. C-47 aircraft take off and fly into France.
06:09 German troops and Panzer tanks in Occupied France await invasion force
06:16 Horsa glider take off
06:34 Horsa glider landings and crashes
07:04 German staff reporting invasion
07:06 Muster of German troops to repel invasion.
07:18 Invasion fleet in English Channel
07:30 Bombardment by warships of German Atlantic Wall positions
07:56 German Atlantic Wall guns return fire at invasion fleet
08:00 Allied forces hit the beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944
08:12 Most famous footage from D-Day, of Allied soldier being struck during invasion
08:22 Medic on the beach providing aid
08:31 Bombardment of Atlantic Wall by warship
08:46 Troops hit Juno Beach
09:10 Trucks in the surf as invasion gets inland
09:20 Radar scope with view of English Channel and invasion fleet
09:22 German Wehrmacht troops with machineguns on the move
09:30 Paratroop drop into Normandy
09:53 D-Day plus several days as trucks and supplies land on the beachhead
10:13 Another parachute drop
10:16 Field Marshall Montgomery in Normandy
10:22 German artillery crew gets gun ready to fire
10:44 German and Allied units clash near Coutances, France
11:08 House to house fighting in France
11:18 Lancaster bomber on mission
11:28 France civilians flee invading forces
11:30 Civilian refugees inspect damaged town.
11:45 Mounted German troops on horseback head into combat.
11:50 American soldier flees burning convoy of vehicles
12:00 B-17 Flying fortress on bombing mission
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