Bomb damaged German rocket launching installations in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Smoke rises from wreckage. A damaged boat on the coast. Rocket launching installation wrecked with a damaged railroad track. A partially destroyed steel frame structure and nearby tunnel. Men who appear to be U.S. soldiers seen outside the rocket launching installation.
German steamship in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Allied soldiers with a wooden crate. A crane aboard the German steamship lifts a metal device and unloads it at the coat in the Navy yard. Crane lifts equipment with three wheels from the water. A rubber boat nears the ship. Crane lifts a giant wheel like device with a hook.
Loading activity in Cherbourg, France during World War II. A crane lifts wooden crates and loads them onto military trucks. Allied soldiers look after the loading operations. Signs on crates read 'portable refrigerator', 'model radio transmitter', 'fragile', 'door panel', 'hospital laundry' and 'pins, tents, pyramidal'. A military truck loaded with crates leaves the area.
Bastille Day celebrated in Cherbourg, France during World War II. French military officers talk to each other. One of the officers with a number of medals on his jacket. French soldiers march down a street. Officers holding flags lined up in the town center with Napoleon's statue in the background. Soldiers lined up as they hold American and British flags.
Allied invasion of Cherbourg, France during World War II. American soldiers pull a two wheeled cart loaded with ammunition. Soldiers seated in a field as they chat and relax. Two of them lying on the ground with ammunition in the background. A soldier swabs the bore of a mortar.
Allied invasion of Cherbourg, France during World War II. German soldiers come out of woods with their hands up as they surrender to the American Army. An American soldier with a rifle keeps a vigil over them as they come out of the woods. A German soldier helps a wounded German soldier as they come out of woods. German officers in overcoats come out as they surrender.