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.
Two P-47D aircraft raise considerable dust as they make a formation takeoff from Advanced Landing Ground, A-12, at Lignerolles, France, during World War 2. They are painted with white invasion stripes Change of scene shows P-47D, tail number 42-27603, of the 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, parked on stiffened steel mesh (Sommerfeld Tracking) at the field. The aircraft is under armed guard. Its tail wheel appears to be sunk below the steel mesh. A motorcycle is parked beside the aircraft. Airmen walk around the airplane, looking at battle damage that is seen on leading edge and aileron of its right wing. Two holes are seen in the fuselage below the cockpit. A Military policeman examines the holes in the fuselage. Camera shows accidental closeup of steel mesh on the field that appears to be the square-mesh track variety (SMT). Glimpse of a P-47D making a dusty takeoff.
U.S. soldiers in Cherbourg, France after the invasion of France by Allied forces during World War II. A locomotive moves into a railroad yard. French civilians and U.S. soldiers repair tracks and bolt rails to ties.
U.S. soldiers in Cherbourg, France after the invasion of France by Allied forces during World War II. A locomotive moves into a railroad yard. The engine of the train emits smoke. U.S. soldiers and French civilians repair tracks. U.S. soldiers and French civilians drive in spikes.
U.S. soldiers in Cherbourg, France after the invasion of France by Allied forces during World War II. A U.S. soldier gives a cigarette to a French civilian in a railroad yard. French civilians repair tracks in the background. The soldiers speak to the civilians.
The Battle of Cherbourg in Cherbourg, France during World War II. Damaged harbor installations. Smoke rises up from artillery bursts on German positions. U.S. soldiers walk along a street.