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SCENES IN FRANCE DURING INV WW II ; INV 127, FRANCE Part 1
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Signal Corps ADC 1528 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card I of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 793' ea 1528-1 INV 128, SCENES IN FRANCE DURING INV WW II Listed as M-246; no captions. US tank in street; US soldiers march on both sides of street; deserted square in town; US vehicles in medium fg also a statue; a US Lt speaks to three Frenchmen, one in uniform; five US soldiers walk along street; three American soldiers bring in German prisoner; two Americans in German tracked vehicle which rides along the street; French civilians wave to camera. Brig Gen Maxwell Taylor with a few soldiers of the 101st Airborne in street; US soldiers walk in rubble-filled street; Taylor talks to a few soldiers; Taylor in jeep. INV 127, no M Code number. No Captions, France HLS, (unsteady) open country. In the distant bg smoke from shell burst. People along street; few American soldiers on roadway. M-7 motor carriages under camouflage nets fire their 105 HOWs. (underexposed and hazy) Soldier hands up shells to soldier on M-7. HOW on M-7 is traversed. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1528 111SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADCFILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 793 ea 1528-2 INV 127, no M Code number. No Captions, France 4P CONT'D Disabled German cannon; shells under covering. Pan to another disabled German gun. Different angles, disabled German guns. IS, smoke from burning US glider which crashed in field. IS, six unidentified planes in flight. IS, LA, glider in flight. LS, planes come down in distant bg. One sends up a great deal of dust. Seq 8 German medics take care of their wounded; Germans unload their dead from truck as Americans stand guard. ISs, street scenes in town. A few US vehicles pass thru. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities