CAPTURE OF BERGENHAUSEN AND CONCENTRATION CAMP OF ARNOLDSWEILER, GERMANY ; NAVAL ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE, SAIPAN, MARIANAS ISLANDS Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1759 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 ADC TITLE: ARCH DN & APC MP 949' ea Silent 1759-1 B-1050 CAPTURE OF BERGENHAUSEN AND CONCENTRATION CAMP OF ARNOLDSWEILER (?) Germany 27 Feb 1945 (NR-328) HSs, gate of concentration camp of Arnoldsweiler is opened by US soldier. Polish and Russian women prisoners are led thru the gate. MSs, CUs, smiling faces of the released women prisoners. vs, ex-prisoners speak to US soldiers and walk hand-in-hand thru prison gate. MSs, CUs, large group of Russian and Polish civilian prisoners speaking to US soldiers. CUs, different types of Polish and Russian political prisoners who were liberated by the US First Army. Record Group 111 MSs, CU, dead German soldier in trench. Accession III-NAV-210 MSs, CUs, German civilians and soldiers, escorted by US soldier with rifle, are marched to POW camp. (Note: This concentration camp housed Polish and Russian political prisoners, used by the Germans as agricultural workers.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 1759 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC TITLE: ARCH DN & APC MP 949' ea Silent 1759-2 Record Group 111 B-1050 Accession III-NAV-210 CAPTURE OF BERGENHAUSEN AND CONCENTRATION CAMP OF ARNOLDSWEILBER (?) Cont'd Germany , 27 Feb 1945 (NR-328) (Cont'd) VS, released prisoners speaking to US soldiers, washing dishes and walking around camp. VS, US studiers dump bodies of dead German soldiers into trailer. HSs, Pan, concentration camp area showing three lines of barbed wire. (Note: This concentration camp housed Polish and Russian political prisoners, used by the Germans as agricultural workers. ) NAVAL ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE Saipan, Marianas Islands 1944 (US Navy footage) Short scenes, fighter planes over water, antiaircraft fire fills sky but no direct hits. LS, burning bomber (unident) skims low over water and finally falls into water. Heavy black smoke rises after plane strikes water. VS, battleships in convoy; some firing at planes. Flak fills sky. VS, enemy fighter planes in sky; antiaircraft fire hits plane and it dives into sea. Excellent scenes, antiaircraft fire aimed at Japanes fighter planes. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities