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29TH DIVISION CROSSES THE ROER, JULICH, GERMANY Part 1
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Signal Corps ADC 1868 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1310-1313) ADC 1868 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 821' Silent 29TH DIVISION CROSSES THE ROER Julich, Germany 23 Feb 1945 (LIB 3278) MLSs, shells landing in town; Roer River in fg. MSs, soldiers advancing under fire, keeping close to wrecked buildings. CUs, George Silk, photographer for Life Magazine. CU, dead American soldier lying in pool of blood. MSs, Maj Gen Charles A Gerhardt crossing infantry footbridge. vs, soldiers crossing footbridge. CUs, tense faces of soldiers as they wait to cross bridge. VS, soldiers moving along east bank of Roer. MSs, Signal Corps still photographer taking pictures. Record Group 111 VS, soldiers running across footbridge. Accession III-NAV-210 Dawn shots, engineers building ponton bridge across river. Dawn and silhouette shots, soldiers approaching bridge, climbing river bank and running across bridge. Night shots, MG tracer fire against night sky with three-quarter moon visible. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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