Landings start ENGLISH CHANNEL: EXT B/W: Navy officer looking through binoculars; convoy of ships carrying troops for the D-Day landings along; soldiers on board ships INT SHIP Crewman steering ship EXT Rocket launcher traversing on ships deck; crew members looking out from ship INT SHIP Ships gunners loading guns EXT Ships heading towards Normandy coast; naval officer and crew looking through binoculars; soldiers on board ship; man looking through binoculars; naval gun crew; gun traversing; crew member speaking into radio; naval guns INT SHIP Gun crew manning gun EXT Guns; crew covering ears; naval guns firing; smoke rising ashore; bombers flying overhead INT COCKPIT Pilot in ockpit EXT Air view (aerial) of naval flotilla FRANCE: Normandy: Bomber in flight; bomb aimer; explosions as bombs strike along the coast ENGLISH CHANNEL: Royal Navy ships firing; soldiers climbing down from ships to landing craft; aircraft overhead INT AIRCRAFT Machine gunner FRANCE: Normandy: EXT Air view (aerial) of bombs exploding along the coast ENGLISH CHANNEL: Naval guns firing; soldiers climbing down to landing craft; rockets being fired from ship; explosions seen ashore; fighter aircraft flying low over ships; landing craft heading for the shore; naval guns and rockets firing FRANCE: Normandy: Landing craft coming ashore; troops disembarking seen from inside landing craft; troops from landing craft onto beach; troops from landing craft to beach seen from inside landing craft; troops wading through the sea to the beach ENGLAND: London: Big Ben as tram passes; nearly empty street