CROSSING ALBERT CANAL, BELGIUM Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1727 ADC SOURCE: APC-1 (German Ftge) Card 1 of 2 1727-FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 697' ea Silent CROSSING ALBERT CANAL (Belgium) WWH (no-date) CUs, German tanks move hugercement roadblocks and advance across paved roads. CUs, dead and wounded Belgian and French soldiers. VS, German soldiers embark on rubber assault boats and paddle across Albert Canal. Pan of Belgian and French prisoners. MLS, prisoners march on road. CUs, Panzer tanks advance thru barbed wire barricades. Seq: Bicycle troops deploy along road, fire and advance. LHS, German soldiers cross makeshift plank bridge under fire. LS, white flag of surrender is waved on other side of broken ridge. Horse-drawn wagon towing artillery piece slides down muddyhill and crosses turbulent stream. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw Signal Corps 111 ADC 1727 ADC SOURCE: APC-1 (German Ftge) Card 2 of 2 1727-4FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP, 697' ea Silent CROSSING ALBERT CANAL (contd) (Belgium) WW II (no date) Various CUs, litter bearers carry German wounded. CU, treatment of wounded German soldier. LS, line of heavy field artillery pieces fire. AVs, formations of Stuka dive bombers bomb city. CUs, 3 Stukas start dive bomb run. CUT to ground explosions. LS, four huge railroad guns fire. CUs, firing of each gun. LSs, CUs, bombed and burning cities, explosions in bg. CUs, quick-cuts, Panzers pass camera thru mud, CUs bogie wheels of tank. MSs, infantry advances under shellfire, soldiers use flame throwers, German. air force attack, and direct bomb hit on bridge. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/1zw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities