SCENES DURING INVASION OF FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1578 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-270) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 785' ea 1578-1 INV 183, SCENES DURING INVASION OF FRANCE; 1944 (no captions) An M-4 tank passes an unidentified dead soldier on road of village. CU, as M-4 tank passes. MS, Brig Gen James Gavin checks invasion map with two other 82D ABN officers. Seq: German prisoners being searched and questioned by US MPs. MS, two geese near fence. Tilt-up, wooden ladder nailed against a tree.. Pan, chateau and grounds from a window. MLS, US crew fires a mortar. Soldier climbs a heap of rubble to look at house wreckage. MLS, three graves; one grave has a German helmet set on the cross. CUs, dead German soldiers. MS, an overturned German tracked vehicle in street. An American ambulance moves away from camera on grassy field. An American sentry by gate leading into a field. An American soldier seated near window outside of bldg; scribbles message. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY lzw Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 1578 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-270) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, Silent, 785' ea 1578-2 INV 183, SCENES DURING INVASION OF FRANCE; 1944 (no captions) (contd) A walkie-talkie is nearby. Soldier hands message to a soldier standing inside the window. Americans stack boxes of rations on the 1/4 ton truck from a larger vehicle. The 1/4 ton truck drives off. An American soldier looks at vehicle wreckage. Soldier at an overturned and completely wrecked vehicle. He examines a piece of cloth which is attached to the wreckage. Three American soldiers rest under a tree in farmyard. One soldier is putting on a pair of socks. A soldier checks an inner tube of a tire as he sits on the ground near a vehicle. IS, American troops walk on both sides of the road in single columns, away from camera. A few soldiers walk in the wrecked streets of a town. IS pan, L to R of severely bombed homes. Pan L to R, vehicle with American soldiers speeds down roadway lined with wrecked bldgs. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY lzw Record Group 111 Accession III - NAV - 210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities