GEN. BERNARD L. MONTGOMERY, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; FIRE CARENTAN ; GENERALS, RED BEACH, FRANCE ; 82D AA DIV, NEAR AMAFREVILLE ; 128TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1577 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-251) Card 1 of 3 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 592' ea 1577-1 INV 132, GEN BERNARD L MONTGOMERY, Normandy, France; 11 June 1944 Exts, Gen Montgomery discusses war news with British and American war correspondents. One man in the group wears a French officers's cap. CU, Montgomery talking. Two 9th Air Force soldiers ride horses bareback on highway. Vehicles drive thru. CUs, men on horseback. INV 135, FIRE CARENTAN 12 June 1944 Civilians manning a water pump in street. French firemen put up ladders against a bldg which was hit by a shell; climb up and pour water from a hose into the bldg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY LZW Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1577 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-251) Card 2 of 3 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 592 ea 1577-2 INV 136, GENERALS, Red Beach, France; 12 June 1944 Gen Barton, 1st Engineers, 2d Brig and Gen J Lawton Collins, 7th Corps and an unidentified Gen chat on beach. Gen Collins leaves in vehicle. The other officers leave in another vehicle. LAS, sign: "Red Beach". INV 137, 82D AA DIV, near Amafreville; 9 June 1944 Wrecked German Mark IV tanks on the road, MLS, Americans marching on roadway away from camera. CU, dead German near tank. Wounded American troops are cared for in courtyard of farmhouse. A casualty on litter is covered with a blanket. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35=11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY lzw Record Group 111 Accession III -NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1577 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-251) Card 3 of 3 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 592° ea 1577-3 INV 138, 128TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL, France 14 June 1944 German prisoners hammering stakes near hospital tents. An American soldier watches. Prisoners set up cots outside of hospital tent as Americans watch. CU of armed MP. An ambulance backs up to a stop. A litter is handed into tent and a casualty is carried out and put into ambulance. The ambulance drives off. ARMY PICTORIAL- CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY lzw Record Group 111 Accession III NAV - 2 10

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities