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  • Short Summary

    Invasion scenes by U.S. soldiers in Europe.

  • Description

    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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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1954.11
    Media URN:
    61633
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:03:26:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:48:53:00 / 01:52:19:00
    Canister:
    UN 993 D

Comments (1)

  1. 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.

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