Mayor of Cherbourg Dr Paul Renault gives speech during liberation ceremony

In the presence of a number of senior American officers the Mayor of Cherbourg gives a speech during the ceremony to mark the liberation of Cherbourg.

Looking on are

Major-General Raymond O. Barton, Commander, 4th ID

Major-General Matthew B. Ridgway, Commander 82nd Airborne

Major-General Manton E. Eddy, Commander 9th ID

Major-General Maxwell D. Taylor, Commander 101st Airborne

Major-General J. Lawton Collins, Commander 7th Corps.

Newsreel footage of the ceremony.

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675020906_flag-presentation-ceremony_Ernie-Pyle_General-Collins_Mayor-of-Cherbourg