The Battered Docks Of Cherbourg (1944)

Item title reads - The battered docks of Cherbourg. France. Various shots over rooftops of Cherbourg. Various shots of the wrecked port and dock installations of Cherbourg. One shot shows a ship on its side in the dock. L/S statue of Napoleon overlooking the harbour. L/S of the fortresses on the breakwaters around Cherbourg where Germans are still putting up resistance. Allied artillery pounds the fortresses and then dive bombers come over and drop their missiles. Aerial shots of Marauders over Normandy dropping bombs on the German escape routes and gun emplacements. Alderney 8th air force fighters fly over France shooting up German targets. FILM ID:1362.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items