Allied Invasion

Identifier
irn1002891
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3052
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United News Company (Producer)

Scope and Content

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.

Note(s)

  • 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.

Subjects

  • INVASIONS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • AIR FORCE (U.S.)
  • FRANCE
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
  • SPEECHES
  • ENGLAND
  • EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
  • ITALY
  • NORMANDY INVASION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • BEACHES
  • CHURCHILL, WINSTON
  • STALIN, JOSEPH
  • ALLIES

Places

  • Normandy, France
  • London, England
  • Rome, Italy
  • , France

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.