U S PARATROOPERS (101ST AB DIV) (PROBABLY ENGLAND) Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1448 111 SOORCE: AFCF (M-191) ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 804° ea 1448 U S PARATROOPERS (101ST AB DIV) (probably England) June 1944 = no captions MSs, paratroopers help each other put their equipment on, paint their faces. Most of the men's heads are shaved Indian fashion. MCUs, men adjust supply chutes underneath planes. A paratrooper offers cigarettes to two other men. Individual paratroopers adjusting their chutes. Scenes of paratroopers helping each other with their equipment. Officer calls the roll, then checks the equipment of each man to see that he is properly harnessed. Officer talks to another officer. The first officer jots notes on a. pad as they talk. Paratroopers made up as Indian braves as they check their chutes. Paratroopers walk across field on way to planes. HS of planes, many of them C-47s on the field. MS, propellers start to turn on C-47. Paratrooper boards plane. c=47 taxis. MCU, paratrooper stands inside plane as two men come aboard. An officer checks the gear of a Lt. Addtl scenes, soldiers checking their chutes. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Accession III - NAV - 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities