Military news on the landing at Utah Beach on 6 June 1944
D-Day and Battle of Normandy videos
This section contains archive videos illustrating military operations in the Utah Beach sector during the Battle of Normandy.
Video date: June 1944
Subject: military newsreel footage of the Normandy landings, compiled from mixed footage from Utah Beach (showing the landing of reinforcements from the 101st Airborne Division), Omaha Beach (showing the ALG A 21-C airfield and the German fortified position at Le Ruquet, the temporary cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer with the ceremony on 12 June 1944), and the towns liberated by American airborne and airlifted troops, such as Hiesville and Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
Places:
– Omaha Beach, Calvados, Normandy
– Utah Beach, Manche, Normandy
– Hiesville, Manche, Normandy
– Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche, Normandy
Personality: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley (1st Army Group)
Units:
– 82nd (US) Infantry Division
– 101st (US) Infantry Division
– US Engineer Corps
Source: US National Archives