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AIRFIELD, FRANCE ; 29TH DIVISION, ST LO, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1614 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-269) ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 596 c ea Silent 1614 INV 188 AIRFIELD France July 44 ISs, MS, US engineers lay steel mats in construction of airfield. MSs, CUs, soldiers with chemical apparatus fight fire in burning P-47 which crash landed. MS, soldiers remove bombs from burning plane. AVs, shells fall on German positions near St Lo. INV 174 29TH DIVISION St Lo. France 17 Jul 44 MSs, CUs, US infantrymen with rifles, MGs and grenade launchers move through wooded area, along narrow country lane, over fence rails, dikes and thru open fields. MSs, CUs, soldiers take positions behind hedgerows. CUs, soldier with rifle and fixed bayonet. CU, soldier on field phone directs mortar fire. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek 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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1947–1964
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3:33