ARTILLERY BATTLE FOR CASOLE D'ESLA, ITALY ; AMERICAN TROOPS IN CECINA, ITALY ; ALLIED ENTRY, SIENNA, ITALY Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1331 111 SOURCE: APOP (0-896) ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 725' ca. 1331 ARTILLERY BATTLE FOR CASOLE D'ESLA, ITALY 2 July 1944 IS, MLS, 105mm How on M-7 motor carriage fires on slope of Mensano, strong point of German resistance. MLS, Battery 2, 27th FA, shells mountainside. HS, infantry troops move up road. AMERICAN TROOPS IN CECINA,, ITALY 3 July 1944 PAN from sign on damaged wall "Cecina" to minesweeper in fg, as troops enter town. MS, US soldiers inspect knocked-out German tanks. Short scene, 439th ЛЛА crosses river. CU sign on highway: "Mines". MS, bulldozer of 232nd Engrs clears road to bypass mined area. ALLIED ENTRY SIENNA, ITALY 3 July US tank attempst to smash tank block on outskirts of city. Short scene, long line of tanks on road; citizens of city welcome the arrival of US tanks. Seq: US engineers dynamite tank block on outskirts, clear debris and pass thru town. Record Group 111 VS, Italian girls of nearby hospital give tankmen water and wine. Sign: "El Alamein, Berlino". Accession III NAV - - 210 ADMV PICTORIAL CENTER 35-77 25th LUR. T.TC 1. NV FDD/V

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities