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How To Locate D-Day Footage in NARA’s Moving Image Holdings

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Starting on June 6, 1944, about 175,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, supported by 5,000 naval craft and more than 11,500 aircraft. The photographs and footage produced were used for training purposes, to supply the public with information, and for operational and tactical analysis.