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United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers drop bombs over a Nazi petrol dump near Cherbourg (WW2)

United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb dump near Cherbourg during World War II. United States Ninth Airforce Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. Bombs dropping into a Nazi petrol dump about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a Nazi petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Airforce bombers.

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079838
American troops dropping bombs over German positions in Cherbourg, France during World War II.

A film on the liberation of the French villages by the American troops during World War II. View of regions in Cherboug, in France. American troops on tanks moving on a path in Cherbourg in France. American soldiers moving on a road. A few American soldiers in a dugout. Bombs being dropped on German positions on Cherbourg. A map depicts the regions struck in Cherbourg. Smoke rising from explosions. A tank moving on a path. The off-duty American soldiers relaxing in front of an inn. 'The Pop Inn' written on the board. Land attack combined with air attack. A U.S. bomber in flight. The aircraft dropping bombs on the German positions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066218
Red Ball Express trucks carry military supplies to the war front (WW2)

Red Ball Express trucks carry military supplies from Cherbourg, France to the front lines in operation during World War II. Red Ball Express trucks disembark from ships on the beachheads of Normandy. War materiel gathered beside trucks. A Military Police (MP) directs Red Ball trucks on the road of a village. Officers discuss plans. Animated map showing Red Ball Express truck round trip route from Cherbourg to the Western Front. Maintenance station signage such as “Check Tires” along the Red Ball Express Road. A man changes truck tire. Red Ball Express truck drivers drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on their breaks. Men refueling trucks using gasoline stores they carry with them. Allied truck convoy in France. Allied soldiers in French countryside. A brick wall with hole showing truck convoy in the background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029663
Destruction in Valognes, and Cherbourg, France, due to Allied bombings during World War II.

Town of Valognes, Normandy, destroyed in France due to Allied bombings during World War 2. A deserted street with houses destroyed on both the sides of the road. Houses wrecked due to Allied bombings. Rubble on the ground. Two U.S. soldiers walk past bombed out church. Scene shifts to the port of Cherbourg, where extensive damage is visible. A life preserver, displaying name "Cherbourg," is tied to a post in front of a damaged pier.

Date: 1944, June 27
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049233
Allied forces fire artillery outside Octeville, captured German soldiers, Cherbourg on fire (WW2)

The capture of Cherbourg and Octeville to Allied forces during World War 2. Octeville, an important Nazi stronghold southwest of Cherbourg, falls to the 39th Regiment, 9th infantry division of the United States Army. United States soldiers running in a street. An American soldier taking cover at side of a road watching for enemy attack. A soldier uses a SCR-536 US Military “handie talkie”, the first handheld Walkie-talkie. American soldiers carefully navigate the streets of Octeville. Many dead German soldiers lying on the streets. American soldier points to a pile of dead German soldiers. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) and two French Fifth Column “Collaborator” women are marched out of Octeville by American soldiers. United States infantry firing artillery at Cherbourg under a camouflage net. Cherbourg under fire from Allied artillery fire and bombings.

Date: 1944, June 26
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079290
Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers dropping bombs over German-occupied airfields and highways in France (WW2)

United States Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers bombing railway, highway and airfields in Northern France after the Normandy Landings (WW2). United States Ninth Airforce Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to the German-occupied airfield of Lessay, Normandy. Aerial view of Lessay and nearby highway and railroad bridges being bombed. A Douglas A-20 Havoc drops bombs over a town south of Cherbourg. A railroad bridge is bombed. Dark smoke pillar rises from bombed railway bridge. Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to bomb the Seine and the Belgian border two weeks after the Normandy landings. Thick clouds of smoke covers the heavily bombed airfield.

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079837