U.S. and French troops parade in liberated Cherbourg on Bastille Day. The troops and civilians gathered in a city square. Men, women and children watch. Soldiers and civilians hold flags. The US, French Navy and French Forces of the Interior (FFI) march alongside. The band plays. People watch from their homes. General Charles De Gaulle present at the celebration. 'Vive De Gaulle' on a banner. The square is renamed 'Place General De Gaulle.' Soldiers and policemen salute. Children hold flowers. People sing and dance in the square. Musicians play their instruments. (World War II period).
Allied troops soon after D-Day landings at Normandy in World War 2. View of Cherbourg town destroyed by the Germans. A soldier near a wall. The destroyed docks. A soldier on a destroyed inland bridge. French women and a man welcome the Allied troops with bouquets on a destroyed bridge. Hundreds of German officers and soldiers taken prisoners marched on the street. A wounded prisoner in a wheel barrow.
Allied troops in Cherbourg after the Normandy Landings on D-Day in World War 2. A former German Headquarters in the town. A portrait of the German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. A U.S. soldier and MP (Military Police) point towards the portrait. The soldiers use it as a pin board, throwing darts at it.
U.S. troops battle enemy in Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Soldiers fire rifles and machine guns through hedge. Soldiers advance near hedge cautiously. Wounded soldier receives first aid behind hedge. A soldier begins to dig foxhole.
U.S. medics near Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Red Cross ambulance on field. U.S. medics stand around. Medics treat the wounded on field. Soldiers on stretchers are placed into ambulance.
U.S. troops around Saint Lo, Normandy during World War II. Officers look through binoculars over hedgerow. Men on telephones. Scorpion tank equipped with chain flails, moves along road. Soldiers and tank move on road. Sign reads 'St. Lo.'. U.S. army jeeps and soldiers outside city wait to enter.
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