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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE SECOND FRONT (WESTERN FRONT) IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II FROM THE PLANNING OF D DAY TO THE END OF THE WAR IN B&W WITH VO PART 1 OF 2 INCLUDES EXCELLENT BATTLE FOOTAGE; ARTILLERY, AIR ATTACKS, TANKS, STREET FIGHTING, MARCHING, CIVILIANS IN RUBBLE, DEAD AND WOUNDED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 01:00 GENERAL DWIGHT D EISENHOWER MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE FILM AND VICTORY BEING A RESULT OF SOLIDARITY AMONG THE ALLIES 03:52 VS NAZI LEADER ADOLF HITLER, LINES OF GERMAN SOLDIERS, GERMAN BATTLEMENTS ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 05:00 VS NORMANDY BEACHES 05:20 VS CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL NEEDED FOR D DAY ATTACK MASS PRODUCTION ON ASSEMBLY LINES 06:00 NAVAL BATTLES ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL DURING THE WAR 06:30 CONVOY MAP OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 07:10 SOLDIERS CRAMMING ONTO SHIPS FOR ATLANTIC CROSSING AND UNLOADING IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND 08:00 VS LONDON SCENES DURING WAR WITH MULTINATIONAL CAST 08:50 VS ARMY TRAINING AND WAR GAMES, OBSTACLE COURSE, AT SEA 10:10 GERMAN GENERAL'S CONFERENCE 10:40 ALLIED GENERAL'S CONFERENCE 11:00 ALLIED AIR RAIDS ON GERMANY 11:40 SECRET AGENTS AND RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS EXPLORING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORMANDY COAST 12:40 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL, US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT AND SOVIET PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN ATTHE TEHRAN CONFERENCE 13:20 ALLIED GENERALS PLANNING D DAY INVASION 13:40 MORE ALLIED AIRE RAIDS OVER GERMANY 14:50 TROOPS LOADING ONTO SHIPS AT SOUTHHAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH FOR D DAY ATTACK 16:15 SOLDIERS WAITING ON SHIPS TO SAIL GIVEN ORDERS ABOUT THE ATTACK 18:00 SHIPS SET SAIL FOR NORMANDY COAST 18:30 EISENHOWER INSPECTS TROOPS 19:30 PARATROOPERS JUMP FROM PLANES, SQUADRONS OF PLANES FLY OVER FRENCH COAST TO MAKE WAY FOR INVASION FORCES 21:05 NAVY GUNS BLAST SHORE 21:20 VS SHIPS AND PLANES BOMBING COAST, LANDING CRAFT COMING ASHORE, TROOPS WADE ASHORE 23:08 LONDON STREET SCENES AT ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVASION 24:00 VS WOUNDED AFTER BATTLE AND MEN RESTING 25:00 GERMAN GENERALS MEETING 25:20 BATTLES TO MERGE BEACHHEADS 26:30 TROOPS MOVE INLAND FROM BEACHHEADS 26:40 VS AIR FORCE BATTLE FOOTAGE 27:00 VS BEACHES PACKED WITH ALLIED TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT 27:40 INLAND BATTLE FOOTAGE 29:15 ARMY NURSES TREATING WOUNDED 30:00 COLLAPSIBLE, PRE FABRICATED HARBOR ERECTED ON NORMANDY BEACHES 30:40 HEAVY SEAS RAVAGING ARTIFICIAL HARBOR 31:15 GERMAN TROOPS RE ORGANIZING AFTER BATTLE 31:30 VS ALLIED MARCH ON CHERBOURG IN NORMANDY AND VICTORY VS THE BOMBED OUT HARBOR BEING RECONSTRUCTED BY ALLIED CREWS 33:10 FRENCH RESISTENCE NOW FIGHTING IN THE OPEN ALL OVER FRANCE 34:40 ALLIED CAMPAIGN AGAINST CAEN AND VICTORY THERE 39:07 GERMAN PRISONERS CAPTURED 39:20 BLACK AMERICAN TROOPS FIGHTING 40:12 ALLIED ENTRANCE INTO RHEIMS, FRANCE CHEERED BY CROWDS 41:11 GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST AVARENES 42:10 ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) PLANES LOADED AND TOAK OFF FOR ATTACK 43:20 MEN LOADING FIREPOWER INTO ARTILLERY 46:00 VS GERMAN PRISONERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~