HALF-TRACK AND TANKS ON THE MOVE, CANISY AND MARIGNY, FRANCE ; 4TH ARMORED DIV., COUTANCES, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1672 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-434) ADC FILMs Arch & APC MP 623' ea Silent 1672 INV 877 HALF-TRACK AND TANKS ON THE MOVE Canisy and Marigny, France 22 Jul 44 VS, half-tracks, jeep and M=4 tanks turn corner in Canisy. (Half-track pulls 57mm AA gun.) MIS, sign: "Coutances" as vehicles pass. INV R78 4TH ARMORED DIV Coutances, France 29 Jul MS MCUs, Maj Gen John S Wood, 4th Armd Div leads squadron of the 51st Bn, Co D Inf thru the town of Coutances. Pan, cathedral of town. Short scene, US soldier offers German prisoner cigarette and talks with him. MLS, MS, dirt road, single file of US soldiers moves slowly past road sign of city into town for mopping-up operation. Record Group 111 VS, Gen Wood in town with infantrymen. Accession Number III-NAV-210 Excellent scenes, soldiers in single file move cautiously thru rubble; cathedral in bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities