Unissued / Unused material.
France.
Civilians and American soldiers walk through streets, one leads a horse. Various shots as they walk through streets of town. M/S as an American soldier in jeep lights a local's cigarette with his own. M/S refugees. Various shots of American soldiers. M/S as they reconnect power lines in bombed town. C/U signpost 'Carenta 11 Cherbourg 61'. M/S tank rolling past. Various shots of a man reading something to crowd in bombed town with buildings behind. C/U of man. Various shots bombed towns. Various shots ruins. C/U child. M/S people digging in street, they watch American army vehicles drive past. M/S horse and cart.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 61633
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1954.11
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:03:26:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:48:53:00 / 01:52:19:00
- Canister:
- UN 993 D
- Sort Number:
- UN 0993 D
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Appears in...
- Categories
- War & Revolution
- WorkSpaces
- 1 D-Day & Caen
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Stills
jamied says
This clip, about US troops in France, is currently dated as 1940. However the Americans didn't even enter WWII until after the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941.
The footage is instead almost certainly shot in 1944, shortly after D-day.
The road-sign seen at 01:37, saying "Carentan 11, Cherbourg 61", (currently wrongly spelt in the text), places the filming as being somewhere in the Normandy region of France.