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Allied Invasion

Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3052 | Film ID: 2396

Part 1: Winston Churchill and Jan Christian Smuts wish luck to Allied troops boarding landing craft. General Eisenhower broadcasts to the French people. Shows street scene in London. Airborne troops board planes. The Navy and Air Force blast Normandy shore positions. Part 2: U.S. troops enter Rome. Shows General Clark. Stalin and Marshal Zhukov review Russian troops. Part 3: The 9th Air Force bombs German positions and airborne troops land in Normandy. General Eisenhower and General Montgomery inspect the beach positions.


Film Title
United Newsreel
Duration
00:09:07
Date
Event:  1944
Production:  1944
Locale
Rome, Italy
London, England
France
Normandy, France
Language
English
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United News Company
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
16:30:00:00 to 16:39:07:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2396 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
Note
United News Contents Sheets available in departmental files.
Newsreel created by the: Office for Emergency Management / Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch / New York Office / News and Features Bureau.
Copied From
35mm FGMC; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3554
Source Archive Number: 208 UN 1003

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
 
Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:39:51
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