WWII - 1944, England, D-Day Invasion Begins, 06Jun44

WWII - 1944, England, D-Day Invasion Begins, 06Jun44 On screen explanation re compilation of material on D-day thru D+3 which has been taken from selected scenes provided by the various services. 00:00:27 04Jun44 Soldiers marching & column of large DUKWs / military vehicles heading for ports of embarkation on new concrete road. High Angle / HA British, Canadian & American soldiers boarding transport ships. Men from No. 4 Commando board the assault ship “Maid of Orleans” in Southampton Docks on 5th June 1944: Ships leaving port. Mass of ships & boats in harbors of South Coast. Military equipment loaded. Sherman tank is reversed up the ramp of an LCT in Gosport. US troops boarding transport ships. US Navy GIs board an infantry landing craft: a US sailor looking out over an anchorage: the camera vessel passing US Navy destroyer USS Ellyson (DD-454). Allied aircraft in flight - Boston Bomber, night bombing of coast of France. 00:02:38 D-Day, fleet setting sail, CU ship flags in wind; guns & anti-aircraft guns on board ship. Shipboard service. Troops look at photos of Arc de Triomphe. Ships underway, barrage balloons. 00:04:11 Sailor doing semaphore message. Ships underway. (AFPU) A flotilla of infantry landing craft carrying troops of the 1st Special Service Brigade setting off into the Solent from Hamble. An RN signaller using an Aldis lamp. Men reading message from ?. PT escort boat. 00:05:06 England - Paratroopers walk to aircraft & boarding. Dawn shots aircraft taking off. Ship to air of planes overhead. Air to air, aircraft in formation. 00:06:32 Combined naval fleet in action, guns fired at shore. Gun casings piled on deck. 00:07:09 England. Aircraft lined up on field, aerials of gliders & C47 tow planes waiting on ground. GOOD. Tow planes & gliders take off. 00:08:28 Troops down landing nets into landing craft. LS ship exploding. Aerials of Avro Lancaster aircraft in flight. US destroyer USS Corry (DD-463) sunk. WW2; Preparations; Landings; 1944; Army; Navy; Canadian Film Unit; Utah beach; Omaha Beach; LCT, USS Nevada, USS Corry,