SUBMARINE PENS, RECOUVRANCE (?), FRANCE ; PORT INSTALLATIONS, BREST, FRANCE ; BREST BATTLE, FRANCE

Description
Cote VIS 7851
Fonds VIS
Titre SUBMARINE PENS, RECOUVRANCE (?), FRANCE ; PORT INSTALLATIONS, BREST, FRANCE ; BREST BATTLE, FRANCE
Durée 00:10:42
Date de production 18/09/1944
Son Muet
Description INV 1977, SUBMARINE PENS, Recouvrance, France;18 Sept 44

Pan, destroyed submarine pens. Ints and Exts, damage to pens. CU, German inscription on top of pen. HS, sunken ships in locks.

INV 1978, PORT INSTALLATIONS, Brest, France ; 18 Sept 44

HS, Pan, wrecked ships in locks, wreckage to bldgs and surrounding terrain.

INV 1979, BREST BATTLE, France ; 18 Sept 1944

LS to MCU, US flag is raised atop hill in city. MCU, Maj Gen Walter M. Robertson, 2nd Div Commander receives German Commandant's formal surrender. CU, patch on German officer's sleeve "Krete" and "Afrika." LS, Pan, wrecked city, smoke rises in distance. VS, US soldiers make their way thru debris filled streets and wrecked bldgs. VS, soldiers herd group of German prisoners thru ruins of city.