"MUD" Part 1

Description

Summary: MS, truck loaded with troops working way through muddy road. MS, jeep plowing thru mud under orchard; soldier gets out and walks thru mud; CU, feet. "MUD".: Greenstratt, Hollan: 09/24/1944: MS, two soldiers walk through mud and get into foxhole covered with old truck top; they cover themselves with raincoats. MS, soldier worms his way out of narrow foxhole and covers it with raincoat. "MUD".: Aulsberg, Belgium: 09/26/l944: MS, soldier walking thru mud carrying bag of potatoes; puts some into large pot filled with water. MSCU, soldier peeling potatoes. "MUD".: Nancy, France: 09/24/1944: Seq: Soldiers in muddy bivouac: in chow line, eating and eating and washing mess kits. 82ND AIRBORNE TROOPS LAND IN NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND.: 09/20-22/1944: VS, formations of plane fly over, paratroopers jump; sky is filled with parachutes. LS, paratroopers on pround, heading inland. LS, British artillery airing on Germans near Nijmegen. VS, vehicles crossing bridge. MS, Nazi sympathizers rounded up by Dutch underground. LS, German prisoners captured by 82nd ABN marching through streets. MS,troops of 82nd firing captured German heavy machine gun. MS, soldier looking at dead German lying in front of guns. MS, Dutch civilians digging out belongings from rubble. STOLBURG, GERMANY.: MS, (RV) American troops advance along road and pass burning and smoking buildings. VS, tanks and halftracks advancing through city. VS, men women, and children carrying belongings, returning home. (Toward camera.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities