INVASION 277, RETURN OF THE CITY OF CHERBOURG, TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE ; INVASION #278, CHERBOURG, FRANCE ; INVASION #279 Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1509 111 SOURCE: APCF (M-292 & 293) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 657' ea 1509-1 INVASION #277, Return of the City of Cherbourg, to the people of France; 27 June 1944 Gen J Lawton Collins speaking at the microphone. Behind him are other officers of the US Army and next to him a French representative. An American soldier and French soldier bring colors to the Gen who in turn hands them to the French representative. People standing on the curb. Young Frenchmen dancing in the street as people watch. American band playing. Contingent of American troops march in the street. Cut-in shots, Americans, French civilians. INVASION #278 Cherbourg, France: 25 June 1944 Soldier with a submachine gun on the alert at side of road. The soldier throws several grenades. MS, two soldiers atphones crouched in ditch. A few soldiers running along the road. CU, soldier in ditch outs his head down quickly. (These men of the 47th Inf Regt, 39th Inf Div, were cut off by enemy artillery fire.) German prisoners march past R to L on field. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1509 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-292 & 2937 Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 657 ea 1509-2 INVASION #278 Cherbourg, France; 25 June 1944 CONT'D American soldier addresses prisoners. Prisoners. CU of the American talking. INVASION #279 Dolly shot, Gen J Lawton Collins and other officers riding in an armored car on the highway. A brief shot of Gen Matthew Ridgway speaking to someone in the square at Cherbourg during the turning over of the city to the French. Gen J Lawton Collins makes a speech then turns over the colors to the French. Cut-ins, civilians applaud. Young Frenchmen dance in the street; American band plays. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities