The Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Improvised port facilities being erected in "Operation Mulberry." Ships carrying troops and supplies pull up to the Mulberry piers. Troops and vehicles moving on the piers toward the shore at Normandy. A severe storm tears up the mulberry port facilities. A man crawls a rope invertedly to get to a ship. War materiel moving on the Normandy beaches. A map of Normandy. View of Seaport at Cherbourg, France. Allied and German forces moving to battle over the Cherbourg port. Large formation of Allied aircraft. United States troops battling Germans in hedgerows, on the way to Cherbourg. A United States soldier uses a SCR-536 Walkie-talkie while in hedgerow. Soldier smoking a cigarette in hedgerow. French farmers collecting hay with pitchforks. United States troops being welcomed by French residents. Meeting heavy resistance at outskirts of Cherbourg, the U.S. employs batteries of field artillery. Some infantry engaged in street fighting. Nazi German General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben surrenders to the American forces in Cherbourg.
The harbor area of Cherbourg in Normandy, France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Damaged docks, harbor area and a railroad station of Cherbourg. German fortifications and gun positions. Damaged buildings.
U.S. troops in Cherbourg after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers and French civilians in a square. The U.S. and the French flags fly from a building. U.S. soldiers play various instruments and sing.
U.S. troops in Cherbourg after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers march in a square. U.S. Army Major Generals Raymond Barton and Ira T. Wyche. U.S. officer and soldiers get off a tank.
U.S. troops in Cherbourg after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. German fortification with a white flag raised. USN (United States Navy) officers in a rubber boat search for mines. U.S. soldiers walk toward a damaged building in a dock area. Debris and damage on the dock. USN officers inspect German souvenirs. A man gives a semaphore signal.
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.