INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE, BY ALLIED FORCES

EL-MP16-400 INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE, BY ALLIED FORCES
June 6, 1944 June 7, 1944 June 8, 1944 June 9, 1944
Copyright: US Army
Donor: Walter Bedell Smith
1 reel 1200' 32:57 minutes sound B&W
[Declassified 7/12/68]
This is a compilation of Naval, Air Force, and Army Signal Corps material of the action from D-Day through D-Day +3. Allied soldiers prior to embarking for the invasion; troops reading Eisenhower's Order of the Day (narrated); various invasion operations; USS Corey sinking; gliders, German beach defenses; West Wall; German prisoners of war; Eisenhower off the coast of France inspecting Allied progress.