Big Picture, The Pt. 2 of 2 (D-Day Convoy To Normandy)

Continued... Pt 2 of 2 Gliders & C-47s on airstrip. Man in front of wall sized map of northern Europe briefing pilots of tow planes & gliders. Men move out; General Gavin talking into microphone while standing in jeep before paratroops; chaplain service. General Eisenhower talking w/ blackened faced airborne infantry troops. Airborne out of hangers to planes. Men strapping parapacks of heavy equipment beneath planes; loading motorcycle into glider, men put on life jackets & equipment. Jump master checking men. 08:16:28 Paratroopers board C-47 planes. Gliders taking off, in flight behind C-47s. 08:17:20 Convoy of ships crossing channel; aboard ships w/ flags, guns; signaling. 08:17:40 Bombardment by heavy guns; men at signaling lamps. Infantry over side of ships to assault boats. 08:18:24 Fighter planes strafing; bombers; strafing railroad & locomotive engine exploding. Heavy guns bombarding coastal area. Boats away from transport ships. Rockets firing over assault troops & landing craft. Bombing w/ explosions. Ship bombardment. GOOD. 08:20:03 Coastal smoke; landing craft; troops up beach & being hit. Bombardment. Infantry thru surf; men rescued from surf, MCU. Men along shore cliffs; wounded treated. British sector hit beaches, out of landing craft w/ medics. On beach & moving inland. 08:22:00 Second assault wave landing craft; wading ashore from LSI & landing craft. 08:22:42 Tank w/ bulldozer blade across sand past body. 08:22:54 Aerial of bombers & explosions. 08:23:02 Col. Quinn, SOF to camera discusses differences between Normandy & Korea. 08:24:58 The End. Recruiting pitch. WW2; WWII Normandy Invasion; 06Jun44; 1944; NOTE: Sound may have problems. NOTE: Any continuous 14 minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate.