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The Western Front

Date released

17 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/57

NoS ID

100430

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

At an American evacuation hospital outside Cherbourg, German nurse POWs await repatriation to Germany. In a court room in Cherbourg, two Frenchmen are on trial accused of treason. They are sentenced to life...

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The Battered Port of Cherbourg

Date released

10 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/55

NoS ID

100424

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Extensive damage to the port and harbour installations of Cherbourg presents a big job for the naval salvage squads. Sunken vessels in the harbour acted as block ships to harass the allies’ arrival and the...

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Advance in Normandy. Forward Sweep Cuts Cherbourg Peninsula

Date released

26 Jun 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1093

NoS ID

064200

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Allied Air Assaults on Europe, including

Date released

8 Nov 1943

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1027

NoS ID

063895

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Mitchells raid Cherbourg.

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Fortress Europe. Cherbourg, Bayeaux, Caen and Havre. The Great Invasion Continues on the Beaches of Normandy

Date released

12 Jun 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1089

NoS ID

064194

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Cherbourg Liberated. American Troops Enter the Famous French Port

Date released

3 Jul 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1095

NoS ID

064204

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Behind the Lines in Normandy

Date released

24 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/59

NoS ID

100437

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Civilians are evacuated from Caen, and in Cherbourg women who collaborated with the enemy have their heads shaved to mark them as traitors. An ex-Russian prisoner press-ganged into the German Army escapes to...

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Normandy Battlefront. Cherbourg Prisoners Continue to Roll in While Battle Rages at Caen and Tilly

Date released

6 Jul 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1096

NoS ID

064205

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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The Road to Cherbourg

Date released

29 Jun 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/52

NoS ID

100417

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

US infantry on the road to Cherbourg. They enter the town of Montebourg and are engaged in house-to-house fighting in their attempts to flush out the remaining German soldiers. Fires rage through the town...

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The Fall of Cherbourg

Date released

3 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/53

NoS ID

100418

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Local labour is put to work by American troops on repairing marshalling yard which was heavily bombed by the allied air force during occupation. In the town of Valognes, buildings which have not been...

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