Detonation of mines in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Mines explode at sea in the Cherbourg harbor, France. A man signals blinker. Mines detonated and explosions occur at sea. Minesweepers underway at sea with a fort in the background. A paravane underway detonates mines. United States Coast Guards 83 inch boat passes. Boat with guns mounted on it.
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.
Naval hospital in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Men carry a bed into the hospital in Cherbourg, France. A patient made to lie down on the bed.
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.