U.S. Army soldiers and officers at the beachhead at Cherbourg Peninsula, France a little more than one week after D-Day invasion of France. Dignitaries on DUKW arrive at the beachhead. General Dwight D Eisenhower climbs over the side of the DUKW and jumps down to the ground. He walks in the area and then climbs into the back of a waiting Jeef. General Eisenhower, General George C Marshall, General Courtney Hodges and Admiral Ernest J King in jeep tour beachhead. Jeep moves along a street. Point of view shots from moving jeep as it drives between villages, passing a wrecked German tank and then a horsecart heading the other direction. Wrecked houses and buildings seen on the sides of the street as the jeeps enter Isigny-sur-Mer. The officers parked in a jeep in Isigny, driven by Private Louis E Kriston.
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.
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.
Trial of French spies in Cherbourg, France during World War 2. Gendarmes (French national police) stand outside a building. Jeep in view. Spy handcuffed to Gendarme. The spies hide their faces by hand. Crowd gathered in building. French spies stand. Court in session. Spies seated and shield their faces. Spies in custody of Gendarme.
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