83RD AA DIV. HILL 131, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1314 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-319) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 700° ea. 1314 83RD AA DIV HILL 131 (INV 369) France 3 July 1944 VS, US crews load and fire 105mm HOW on M-7 motor carriage. CU, soldier sets adjustments on HOW and barrel is elevated, CU, looking down thru tube of HOW. Excellent CUs: recoil action of HOW; shell casing falls out and shell is taken by hand and thrown over side; HOW is loaded and fired. Smoke drifts into camera and obscures picture. CU, gun Sgt gives fire order over phone. LS, artillery shells explode in distance. MS, soldiers in OP overlook terrain thru binoculars. MS, CUs, US soldiers dig up German Teller mines. CU, soldier hands ammo to another soldier who places it on rack. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III -- NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities