Summary Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one hundred Allied ships bring the men and equipment across the Channel. Gliders bring more firepower to the paratroops. Allied warships duel with German coastal guns. American, British and Canadian troops make their landings against heavy German fire. Three thousand Americans are killed, wounded or missing on Omaha Beach that day. But the beachhead is secure and the Allied push inland.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Westbrook Van Voorhis Dwight D. Eisenhower Maurice Joyce Hugh James
Genres : War Documentary News
Release date : Aug 5, 1949
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : The March of Time
Summary Paratroops are dropped into France in the early hours of June 6th. Forty-one hundred Allied ships bring the men and equipment across the Channel. Gliders bring more firepower to the paratroops. Allied warships duel with German coastal guns. American, British and Canadian troops make their landings against heavy German fire. Three thousand Americans are killed, wounded or missing on Omaha Beach that day. But the beachhead is secure and the Allied push inland.
Genres : War Documentary News
Release date : Aug 5, 1949
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : The March of Time