CAPTURE OF JULICH, GERMANY Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1701 111 SOURCE: NRP ADC 1701 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 686' ea Silent CAPTURE OF JULICH, GERMANY (no date) - WW II CU, dead US soldier. MLS, US infantrymen cross ponton bridge to enter town. RVs, MSs, US troops cross bridge. HS, destruction of city caused by Allied bombings. CU sign on wall: "This is Julich, Germany. Sorry it is so messed up but we were in a hurry. 29th Blue and Gray Div." Follow shot, US soldiers enter town, walk thru flooded area. VS, US infantrymen search for snipers as they walk thru bombed-out sections of the citadel. CU, German plaque on wall of citadel. Pan to destroyed bldgs surrounding area. LS to MLS, half-track with Red Cross marking crosses ponton bridge. VS, US medics carry litter cases along dirt road passing camera L.R. VS, power shovel clears debris and rubble from street. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 M-4 tank, medical half-track and other vehicles pass on cleared road. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities