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PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD, APO 502 ; US MORTAR FIRE ON ENEMY POSITION, ST LO SECTOR, FRANCE ; POWS, NEAR ST JEAN DE DAYE, FRANCE Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 1341 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 892° ea. 1341-1 PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD, APO 502 26.27 June 1944 (B-242, SPX 1) LS, jeeps drive up hill to deliver exposed negative to still laboratory of the 161st Sig Photo Co and exposed motion picture film to the 4th Signal Photo Lab. Various MSs, MCUs, CUs, 4th Sig Photo Lab rooms: negative is prepared for printing in negative assembly room; printing of motion picture film. Sgt adjusts developing machine film elevators. Enlisted man edits film on moviola. Various MSs, MCUs, CUs, 161st Sig Photo Co rooms: exposed negative is carried to technician for developing. Enlisted man prints still pictures. Soldier dries prints and uses ditto machine to caption prints. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1341 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Archives & APC MP, Silent, 892 eao 1341-2 PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD, APO 502 26-27 June 1944 (B-242, SPX 1) CONT D (INV 603) US MORTAR FIRE ON ENEMY POSITION St Lo Sector, France 9 July 1944 (M-329) LSs, MSs, 81mm mortar crews fire from foxhole. MS, Col in OP watches fire thru binoculars and directs fire over field phone. (INV 608) POWS Near St Jean de Daye, France 10 July 44 (M-329) MSs, CUs, German prisoners are searched by US MPs then given food rations. (The prisoners are from Hitler's SS Panzer Div) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ke Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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