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French soldiers (2nd Armored Division) celebrate site of Cherbourg from ship during World War 2

French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division cheer upon the sight of Cherbourg coast during World War 2. French soldiers walk to rail at the first sight of the coast of Cherbourg. French soldiers waving and cheering upon sight of the Cherbourg coast. French soldiers waving with their hats on deck. Some soldiers raise their helmets. Soldiers climbing up a ship’s mast. A lieutenant wearing glasses watch the coast of Cherbourg as the ship draws near.

Date: 1944, July 31
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079351
Free French of 2nd Armored Division climb to departing landing craft near Cherbourg (WW2)

Free French soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division climb down the rope net of a Liberty ship onto a landing craft departing for Cherbourg during World War 2. Landing craft with soldiers and vehicles pulls away from the ship. Soldiers watch the landing craft move away from the stern. A group of Liberty ships in the Cherbourg harbor. Free French soldiers watch landing craft unloading.

Date: 1944, July 31
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079354
German soldier in foxhole avoids moving tank (WW2)

A German tank moving in front of a foxhole where a German soldier hides during World War 2. German soldier lowers his head into the fox hole. Tracks and wheels of a tank rolling in close side view on top of foxhole. German soldier popping from foxhole and waving to tank as he climbs out.

Date: 1944
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079429
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
German troops moving into Dunkirk amongst abandoned British tanks and equipment (WW2)

German Army troops marching and vehicles moving into Dunkirk during World War II. Allied vehicle wreckage and debris on both sides of the road. Abandoned war materiel and horses left behind by the British Army are seen. A ship on fire at Dunkirk harbor. Trucks on fire. Thick black smoke at Dunkirk. German Wehrmacht troops carrying supplies and Howitzers onto the beach. A body of a dead British soldier lying face down. Truck wreckage and abandoned war materiel at Dunkirk beach. Captured British prisoners of war being led away by German soldiers on bicycles. German soldiers light their cigarettes. Crowds of French and British prisoners of war fill a square in Dunkirk. Abandoned British tanks at Dunkirk.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080366
Various matters being discussed by NATO staff during meal breaks and social gatherings

Opening scene shows a large round table where a NATO staff meeting was interrupted for a lunch break. Next, staff members are seen obtaining food in a cafeteria line and sitting at tables in the dining facility. Camera pans the room, focusing on one table where two staff are discussing shipping (according to the Narrator). Scene shifts fo a busy seaport with boats and ships. Back in the dining hall, the camera focuses on two staff who are discussing the Italian G-91 fighter plane, built to NATO specifications by several nations, cooperatively.Next, one is seen being towed along an airfield ramp. A prototype vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (Hawker P.1127 Kestrel) is seen being demonstrated. Back to the men at the table in the dining hall where they are ostensibly now discussing the problems of transporting large defense items. A truck is seen transporting a large object covered in canvas to hide it. Staff are seen at the end of the day enjoying drinks and casual conversations at a bar. Two French aviators in uniform are conversing. Narrator speculates on their conversation, noting the need for care not to divulge possible military secrets, such as the rigors of their last training course. Glimpse of a helicopter above snow-covered mountain. Another view of a helicopter at the top of Mont Blanc. Another view in the dining facility where Narrator suggests a man pouring coffee might be thinking about such esoteric matters as bugs in computers. View of numerous items in an array of electronic devices. (Narrator notes the man keeps his thoughts to himself)

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034030