Operations at Noemfoor Island / St. Lo. Falls, France / 19th Corps, Artillery Air Observation / Entering St. Lo. Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 1886 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 4 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC, MP, 1011' ea Silent 1886-1 OPERATIONS AT NOEMFOOR ISLAND Schouten Islands, Netherlands New Guinea; 6 July 1944 (4A-150) American troops advance across field. An L plane takes off in the distance on field. View from low flying plane of a road in the woods. Landing craft under way. Another view from behind an antiaircraft gun on the vessel of a landing craft under way. MLS, aboard an LCM. Two soldiers at the grillwork of the ramp and in the distant bg other landing craft. LS, two warships in the distance fire twds coast. In R/H fg an LCM with troops hove to. VS, infantrymen wading thru the lagoon; soldiers walking on shore. Landing craft in the bay. Shots made from a vessel showing men entering the water from a landing craft and wading twd the shore. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/lzw Signal Corps ADC 1886 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 4 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC, MP, 1011' ea Silent 1886-2 INV 542 ST LO FALLS, FRANCE 10 July 1944 (M-386) LMS, flag-draped coffin of a soldier of the 29th Div on the rubble-strewn steps of the cathedral in St lo. An American Army vehicle burning in the streets. Few soldiers to side. INV 544 19th CORPS, ARTILLERY AIR OBSERVATION Normandy, France; 18 July 1944 An L plane, probably an L-4 is pushed out on the field. Cut to pilot and observer in the plane strapping themselves in. A man cranks the propeller and the L plane takes off. An infantryman stays close to building. A small vehicle with tank treads moves in the rubble-filled street. (underexposed). MLS, An M-4 tank moves on roadway. MS, M=4 tank with Scorpion attachment moves twd camera. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/lzw Signal Corps ADC 1886 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 3 of 4 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC, MP, 1011 ea Silent 1886-3 INV 544 19th CORPS, ARTILLERY AIR OBSERVATION (contd) Normandy, France; 18 July 1944 (contd) A few German prisoners with their hands up double time twd the camera. American soldier in the bg raises his arms and calls out. Treads of an M-10. Pan to St Lo sign. A German carrying a white flag comes in to surrender. Tilt-up from the street showing bomb-wrecked bldgs. Tilt-down to the street. LS, a soldier runs across the street into door of bldg. A few American soldiers in the street on the alert. MLS, RV, M-10 tank destroyer in the street fires its big gun. A soldier is in fg. LS, (RV), soldiers running along street. LS, (RV), American troops advancing on street. An American tank moves slowly along the street, stops. (End of scene is fogged) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/lzw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 1886 SOURCE: AFCF Card 4 of 4 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC, MP, 1011' ea Silent 1886-4 INV 543 ENTERING ST LO 18 July 1944 M-4 tank with Scorpion attachment Chains which when rotated detonate mines). Two j eeps with soldiers. An M-8 armored car moves twd and to L of camera. An American colonel walks to R at end of scene. Medium tank moves slowly twd camera; man in turret. RV, a small vehicle to the side on dirt road. Two men taking cover behind it. An ambulance enters and moves away from camera. A few soldiers hurrying along the roadway, vehicles in the bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY NF/lzw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities