SELECTED SCENES FROM "REINFORCED TANK COMPANY IN THE ATTACK" Part 1

Description

Summary: MLS, woods. Aggressor troops walk to L, followed by Aggressor Sherman tank (M 4A3E8) which fires gun. Shells explode around tank. MLS, woods. Agressor troops march forward. Man in fg felled by explosion. MS, over back of observer on ground. He looks through binoculars and speaks into a handie- talkie. MS, two observers crouched on ground. Front view. A third man joins them, also looks through binoculars. Flash pan to open field and mountain. (To R) MS, two observers. Flash pan to L (woods). MS, rear view, two observers. They rise and run forward to L. MS, rear of truck. Soldiers remove boxes of C-3 rations. 08/31: ELSs, open country, wooded hills in bg. Pan to L. MCU, interior, tank. Soldier at control panel. MCU, soldier speaks into phone inside tank. MCU, interior, tank. Soldier adjusts 30 cal air-cooled MG. MCU, interior, tank. Soldier looks through sighter. MLS, woods. Aggressor troops advance. One in fg falls after explosion. MLS, woods. Aggressor troops advance to L amid shellfire. MLS, MS, Agressor tank (Sherman) fires gun and advances to L. MS, two soldiers preparing to fire a mortar. 08/29: ELS, open country and hills. Pan to L and back to R. ELS, hill. Several shells explode on hill. White smoke rises. ELS, same. Pan to R to catch explosions in field. MSs, self-propel1ed 155mm HOW fires to R. MLS (profile), three M-7B1 105mm HOW motor carriages. The one in fg fires to R.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities