Normandy, The Airborne Invasion Of Fortress Europe 1947

National Archives and Records Administration NORMANDY, THE AIRBORNE INVASION OF FORTRESS EUROPE Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier 65988 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-19674. Summary: World War II scenes starting out with CU of Army Field Order No. 1, IX Troop Carrier Command, then shifts to a group of high ranking officers looking at Mosaic of Europe. Shows the joint chiefs of Staff at Shape Headquarters sitting around a long table talking. Shows paratroopers loading jeeps and small armament into gliders and cargo planes pulling gliders loaded with men and equipment. Also shows mass parachute drops, mass glider flight, and glider takeoffs and landing. Shows Gen Eisenhower talking with enlisted personnel. (USAF By Army Air Force Combat Film Service, WWII). Reel 1: HEADQUARTERS, ATS COMMAND, WRIGHT FIELD, OHIO. 1) CU Air Force general seated at desk-sign below same “Lt Gen William S. Knudsen.“ 2) CU General Knudson delivering intrducti