Allied troops in Cherbourg after the Normandy Landings on D-Day in World War 2 . The first official ceremony in France after the Invasion of France. Allied soldiers lined up. A statue in the background. Dignitaries outside a building. U.S. General Joseph Collins presents the French tricolor flag to the Mayor of Cherbourg. Soldiers of the 7th Corps in clean uniforms for the ceremony. French people on the street. Colonel of the Signal Corps with war correspondents including Scripps-Howard Newspapers' Ernie Pyle, Burt Brandt, Cecil Cons, and John Leglinsee
United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb dump near Cherbourg during World War II. United States Ninth Airforce Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight. Bombs dropping into a Nazi petrol dump about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a Nazi petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Airforce bombers.
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.
Red Ball Express trucks carry military supplies from Cherbourg, France to the front lines in operation during World War II. Red Ball Express trucks disembark from ships on the beachheads of Normandy. War materiel gathered beside trucks. A Military Police (MP) directs Red Ball trucks on the road of a village. Officers discuss plans. Animated map showing Red Ball Express truck round trip route from Cherbourg to the Western Front. Maintenance station signage such as “Check Tires” along the Red Ball Express Road. A man changes truck tire. Red Ball Express truck drivers drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on their breaks. Men refueling trucks using gasoline stores they carry with them. Allied truck convoy in France. Allied soldiers in French countryside. A brick wall with hole showing truck convoy in the background.
Town of Valognes, Normandy, destroyed in France due to Allied bombings during World War 2. A deserted street with houses destroyed on both the sides of the road. Houses wrecked due to Allied bombings. Rubble on the ground. Two U.S. soldiers walk past bombed out church. Scene shifts to the port of Cherbourg, where extensive damage is visible. A life preserver, displaying name "Cherbourg," is tied to a post in front of a damaged pier.
The capture of Cherbourg and Octeville to Allied forces during World War 2. Octeville, an important Nazi stronghold southwest of Cherbourg, falls to the 39th Regiment, 9th infantry division of the United States Army. United States soldiers running in a street. An American soldier taking cover at side of a road watching for enemy attack. A soldier uses a SCR-536 US Military “handie talkie”, the first handheld Walkie-talkie. American soldiers carefully navigate the streets of Octeville. Many dead German soldiers lying on the streets. American soldier points to a pile of dead German soldiers. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) and two French Fifth Column “Collaborator” women are marched out of Octeville by American soldiers. United States infantry firing artillery at Cherbourg under a camouflage net. Cherbourg under fire from Allied artillery fire and bombings.
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