TANKS IN FRANCE ; ROAD REPAIR OF TANKS AT ST JEAN DE DAYE ; TANKS AND TRACK VEHICLES ON MOVE, FRANCE ; 2ND ARMORED DIV ADVANCE, NORMANDY, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1677 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-416) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP 592° ea Silent 1677-1 INV 775 TANKS IN FRANCE 26 Jul 44 MSs, IS, M-4 tanks move across open field and through hedgerows. MSs, MLSs, US soldiers with mine detectors clear road. INV 784 ROAD REPAIR OF TANKS AT ST JEAN DE DAYE France MSs, CUs, US soldiers weld hedge cutters on M=4 tanks. CU, completed hedge cutter on tank. CU, Maj Gen S H Watson, CG 3rd Armored Div inspects hedgerow cutter. INV 785 TANKS AND TRACK VEHICLES ON MOVE France MSs, tanks trucks, armored cars, half-tracks, dukws, jeeps of the 2nd Armored Div move up toward front lines. Vehicles make sharp turn in front of MP. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 1677 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-416) Card 2 of 2 1677-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP 592¹ ea Silent INV 786 2ND ARMORED DIV ADVANCE Normandy, France ISs, tank destroyers and infantry deployed in open field. MS, infantrymen advance. (22nd Inf Regt, 4th Div.) Infantrymen move thru hedgerow; two dead US soldiers in fg. IS, 22nd Inf Regt advances. LS, air support by P=47s as they fly overhead. MCU, Gen Maurice Rose and officer speak near tank. MS, armored car, lead vehicles of the 702nd Tank Destroyer, move thru gap in hedgerow. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities