US 3RD ARMORED DIVISION AND FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION DRIVE THROUGH FRANCE Part 1

Description

Summary: MS, CUs, US and French armored vehicles passing burning German equipment on side of road as they enter town of Javron. MS, soldiers sitting in jeep talking to people. CU, soldier looking at French newspaper. Patch of 3rd Armd Div on arm. American soldier kissed by French girl. MS, soldier standing on tank handing out cigarettes to civilians. CU, sign: "PRE EN PAIL". Group of captured German prisoners sitting on side of road. MS, armored vehicles entering town of Pre en Pail are greeted by cheering civilians. Houses are decorated with French flags. MS, CUs, tanks and vehicles entering town of Ciral, CU, sign: "CIRAL". MS civilians wave to passing vehicles. MS, little French girl sitting on tank with a group of soldiers. MS, CUs, German prisoners lined up on sidewalk are searched by French soldiers and FFI. MS, Int, prisoners seated on floor are guarded by two FFI men. CU, German tank burning on side of road. CU, Sign: "CARROUGES', American tanks and soldiers enter town. MS, group of Spanish civilians lined up against wall. (They were workers in German labor battalions.) MS, French medic treating wounded German. FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION IN SEES, FRANCE.: 08/14/1944: MS, tanks entering town of Sees. Cross of Loraine on tank in fg. MS, sign: "SEES". CU, pan of captured German prisoners. CU, faces. MS, French Major Gen Jacques Phillippe Leclerc talks with members markings. CU, knocked-out German 88mm gun. MS, French tank crew removing body of dea soldier from tank and laying him on blanket. CU, soldiers remove burned, headless body from tank. MAMERA, FRANCE.: 08/12/1944: HLS, American soldiers of the 314th Inf Regt, 79th Inf Division, entering town as people cheer. ARGENTAN, FRANCE.: 08/13/1944: VS, German prisoners march through the streets and assemble in courtyard on monastery. Mongolians standing in courtyard are Russians pressed into service by the Germans. CU, Gen George S Patton talking to Major Gen Lunceford E Oliver, CG of the 5th Armored Div. Gen Patton leaves in jeep.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities