Invasion Shots (1944)

Unissued / Unused material. In and around Cherbourg, France. M/S trench. M/S’s American soldiers talking. M/S group of German prisoners smiling and laughing. M/S American soldiers walking German prisoners up road. M/S deserted street in Cherbourg. M/S British troops gathered together. Various shots as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery shakes hands with soldiers and presents medals to them. M/S Americans and locals looking at map. L/S bombed building with only walls left standing. Various C/U’s as pickaxes dig away at the earth. M/S big boiler type machine on truck. Various shots American soldiers surveying town. L/S town. Various shots tanks and soldiers. German soldiers are marched along by Americans. L/S smoke rising in distance. Various shots of wrecked, bombed town. M/S as soldiers walk through. Various shots American troops with Generals. Various shots as they survey the town. M/S tanks. M/S American soldiers eating and drinking. FILM ID:1967.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE O