AVIATION: American 9th A.F. paratroops take off for 2nd Front (1944)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit AVIATION: American 9th A.F. paratroops take off for 2nd Front Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: The Hour of Liberation SLATE INFORMATION: United Nations Launch Invasion of Europe MAP of Europe ENGLAND: Location unknown: EXT Trucks, guns and food supplies to be used in invasion Troops disembark from assault landing craft onto beach in rehearsal / Parachutists drop from planes / Soldiers in field / Smoke machine to simulate battle conditions / U.S flame throwers demonstration / Planes drop bombs as explosions on ground / Planes in air FRANCE: Mulhouse: EXT AIR VIEWS / AERIALS Explosions on ground as U.S. Marauders bomb French targets / 16mm gun fire and explosions as planes attacking barges, planes and dumps from pilot’s POINT OF VIEW (POV) ENGLAND: Various locations: Headlines ’ Invasion of Europe Begins’ as peop