CHERBOURG, HARBOR, FRANCE ; ROCKET BASES, 1.5KM NORTH OF BRICQUE, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1372 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-300) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 892 ea. 1372 (INV 300) CHERBOURG, HARBOR, FRANCE 28 June 1944 LS, approach to Gare Maritime pier. LS, MSs, CUs, wrecked docks, bldgs, railroad yards, railroad cars, and equipment in harbor city. MLS, sunken ship blocks entrance to Port de Commerce. LS, white flag flies from German pillbox. LS, artillery shells Fort Central on outer portion of harbor. MS, carloads of captured German land and ocean mines. MS, sunken ship and wreckage settled in harbor. ROCKET BASES (INV 304) 1.5KM NORTH OF BRICQUE, FRANCE 27 June 44 VS, rocket supply area and launching base. Pans, unfinished rocket installation, camouflaged railroad station, cement mixers, aluminum storage tanks for loading liquid rocket propellant, massive reinforced concrete walls, tunnels for storing of explosives, etc. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities