Bomb damage in Coutances, France during World War II. Aerial view of the bomb damage in city. Heaps of debris seen in front of the damaged buildings. Priests walk through ruins.
Allied Operation Cobra, during World War II. United States infantry,tanks and other vehicles advance from Lessay through the war-torn town of Periers, on their way to Coutances, France. U.S. infantrymen (probably 90th Infantry Division) and armor of the 4th Armored Division, including M4(105) howitzer medium tanks and M4 medium tanks (part of Operation Cobra) move past a road sign that reads "PĂ©riers". At top of signpost, another sign reads: "Road cleared of mines to hedges." The tanks turn right (South) in front of the damaged Periers church, as they pass through town on their way toward the city of Coutances.
Military police guard German prisoners of war in vicinity of Periers,France, during World War II. German prisoners rest along wall in courtyard of a building. Some prisoners sleep over ruins of buildings. Military police guard them. Prisoners being marched to trucks and loaded, packed tightly onto open trucks. French women on bicycles stop and make fun of the German prisoners Damaged buildings seen in the background. Sherman tank of 4th Armored Division drives past bomb-damaged church. Road sign points along Route 71 to next town (Coutances) and end of route (coastal city of Granville).
Cotton shipping in New York. View of the a street in the city. Automobiles and pedestrian traffic seen. Workers unwrap bales of cotton. A man takes samples from bales. The man covers the cotton sample with a paper sheet. Ships docked at harbor. A cart and truck loaded with cotton bales moves on the dock. The worker unloads cotton bales from the cart and truck.
Allied Control Authority Building in Berlin, Germany. A vegetable and fruit stall in front of the Schoenberg City Hall. A plaque reads "Allied Control Authority Building". View of the buildings situated in Kleistpark on Grunewaldstrasse, American Sector. Soviet, French, British and American flags flutter in wind from flagstaffs in front of the Allied Control Authority Building. A statue in the foreground.
The skyline of New York. View of Queensboro Bridge, the 59th Street Bridge, a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. The skyscrapers seen in the background. View of the skyscrapers from Governors Island. Staten Island Ferry underway at sea in the foreground.
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