WWII - 1944, France, Invasion: Airborne Invasion Of Fortress Europe, The R1 of 6

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944, Normandy Invasion - USAAF Glider Preparations Title. 3-star Lt Gen William S. Knudsen at desk, ATS Command HQ, Wright Field, Ohio introduces film re use of gliders. Main title. 21:02:07 CU cover of Field Order No. 1, 9th Troop Carrier Command, put into envelope, stamped Top Secret. CS Captain briefing 82nd Airborne / AB Division on large maps. Animation of German defense & European cities locations. Giant concrete coastal gun emplacement. & railroad gun out. Artillery & concrete turrets; tank traps. 21:03:50 Int. Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff around table w/ Marshall, Arnold, Eisenhower, etc. 21:04:10 Invasion area animation near LeHavre. Aerial, large airfield in Africa w/ C-47 taking off towing glider for invasion of Sicily. Aerial of C-47s towing gliders low over water. GOOD. 21:05:33 CUs damaged gliders on fields; in water near beach & dead soldier face down in mud. 21:06:14 Aerial, C-47 formation above clouds, CU interior, many paratroops jumping in New Guinea. A 21:06:46 CS instructor & paratroopers training; CU two men attaching link nose chain to Griswald Nose of glider. CS parachute arrester attached to rear of glider. CU from glider in flight showing pilot talking on intercom, pilot of glider talking to plane pulling glider in flight. Nose camera shot taken from glider as it lands near parked gliders. 21:07:49 B-25, P-38 & PBY-5A taking off towing CG-4A gliders. B-17 taking off towing two gliders; C-54 towing 3 gliders. MS airborne aviation engineers loading equipment into door of C-47. Tractor backed into glider. 21:09:33 CU cover of War Department Training Circular No. 113. 21:09:49 Tracking past flight line w/ practice alert of fast loading paratroopers, men & equipment moving rapidly across field, loading into glider, CG-4A. 21:10:03 MS men lifting glider rear section up; raising nose section & loading vehicles, men & equipment into CG-4A. Interior shots. Men getting into position & pilot climbing into plane, WW2; War Effort; Morale Building; Training; 1943; 1940s; NOTE: Very good quality. Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk