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The capture of Cherbourg, and British forces engaging German forces in the battle of Caen, France, during World War II

Map showing Cherbourg, and Caen, further up the peninsula, in France during World War 2. German forces preparing to defend Caen. Nazi SS troops and armored divisions moving into positions.Scenes of Allied forces battling for Caen (much at dusk or nighttime).Sky filled with Allied warplanes. Bombs away views and bombs falling and smoke rising from targets in area of Caen. British infantry crouched beside a road. British Avro Lancaster bomber in flight. Bombs exploding on the ground. Smoking ruins of buildings.1st Canadian Army troops moving into the war torn city. Street-to-street and house-to-house fighting in Caen. Civilian residents of Caen emerge from shelters onto streets, after fighting ceases. A small boy picks up an apple from the street and eats it. A soldier of the Polish 1st Division is seen. British 7th Armoured Division (the Desert Rats) and infantry advancing out of Caen. British forces in heavy fighting south of Caen against German defenders.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060102
Allied forces closing in on German forces at Falaise, France, during World War II

Animated map depicts Allied and polish troops advancing toward Falaise, and American forces advancing toward Argentan, France, during World War 2. German forces stringing communications wire in the battle area. Allied forces setting up heavy field artillery. British Typhoon aircraft being armed and taking off. U.S. Army Air Forces Martin Marauder B-26 aircraft flying low overhead. U.S. and British soldiers in fox holes waiting with weapons at the ready. Close-up of African-American soldier's face. Suddenly, all artillery begins firing. A U.S. P-38 strafing and a P-47 aircraft dropping a bomb. U.S. artillery gun with "comment-Charlie" written on its barrel. Formation of British Avro 679 Manchester bombers in D-Day stripes. Allied pilot at controls in cockpit of bomber. Formation of U.S. Martin B-26 bombers in flight. Pilot in cockpit. Formation of British Hawker Typhoon aircraft. They peel off and two are seen firing rockets. American artillerymen firing heavy guns. British infantry pinned down on a roadside and firing mortars from foxholes. American troops firing mortars. German troops running to surrender. German soldiers surrendering under a white flag. Allied gun camera footage of a vehicle being strafed on a road. Several U.S. P-51 fighter aircraft with striped wing invasion paint roaring overhead. More surrendering German soldiers running forward. A U.S. B-26 bomber on bomb run with view of bombardier inside. Smoke and explosion scenes present throughout the footage.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060105
Two German soldiers surrender to U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division soldiers in Venon, France.

Soldiers of 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II. A wounded German soldier is given medical attention by U.S. soldiers. Two German soldiers surrender on a field. U.S. soldiers search German soldiers.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060377
Tanks and soldiers of U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II.

U.S. 41st Infantry, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division attack Venon, France during World War II. Tanks advance on a field. Explosions on a field in the background. A soldier is crouched. Civilians look on. The M4 and M4A1 medium tanks roll past burning homes and wreckage. French troops search surrendering German soldiers. The soldiers on the field. Smoke billows up due to explosions. The soldiers on the field talk to a wounded German soldier. A German soldier runs across an open field waving a white shirt in surrender. A soldier atop a new M4A1(76) Sherman tank fires a rifle. A tank fires across the field. A German soldier surrenders to U.S. soldiers.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060378
A supply jeep loaded with socks, clothing, bedrolls and other equipment pulls into a company rest area in Carentan, France.

Allied troops at a company rest area on the Periers front below Carentan, France during World War II. A supply jeep loaded with socks, clothing, bedrolls and other equipment pulls into the company rest area. The soldiers reach for socks.

Date: 1944, July 12
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060387
U.S. flyers who escaped internment in Switzerland, prepare to depart Annecy Airfield, France, in World War II

An old French woman pushes a hand cart along a road beside Annecy airfield, France. during World War 2. German prisoners of war work removing stone from the airfield. American flyers, who escaped from internment in Switzerland, ride on a truck carrying them along the road behind the woman with her cart. They are dressed in civilian clothes. The German POWs look up as the truck drives past. One of the German prisoners is painting a signal device. The truck of American aviators pulls up to a C-47 transport airplane. They climb down. One of them wearing a German army cap, laughingly gives a Nazi salute, to the amusement of his companions. The Americans watch as a groups of German POWs march past. An officer speaks to the Americans. Meanwhile, German prisoners of war continue to walk past in the foreground, guarded by armed French soldiers. The repatriated flyers are briefed by pilots.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060611