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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION, MINE DETONATION & SWEEPING GER. ROCKET LAUNCHING PLATFORMS, CHERBOURG Part 1
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1) GV Fr.sailors & troops & U.S. soldiers march2) GV Fr. civilians march; civilian spoctators3) MS USA off. points at mine control cables4) Mine pelorus in operation.5) MS Explosion of electrically controlled mines in harbor-SV.6) GV Damaged L" Ouste fort.7) LS-GV Br. mine sweeping fleet in oporation, antitorpedo net BG-SV.8) GV Flag on mine-sweeping paravane.9) GV Rocket launching platforms near Cherbourg-SV10) GV-Pan mon salvage unused iron & concrete from incomplete rocket launching platforms.11) GV Naval hospital, Cherbourg, formerly Fr. school12) MS Patients on cots inside hospital.13) MS Men unload supplies from truck to warehouse.14) MS Fr. civilians bum cigarettes m SeaBees.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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