2D GENERAL HOSPITAL SET UP, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; FRENCH PEOPLE RETURN HOME, NORMANDY ; WRECKAGE NEAR ST. LO, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 1970 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-436) Card 1 of 2 ADC 1970-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 684' ea Silent INV 837, 2D GENERAL HOSPITAL SET UP, Normandy, France; 28 July 1944 LS, Army trucks enter new bivouac area from highway. Medics pounding stakes in bg. Army nurses unload bedrolls from truck. INV 838, FRENCH PEOPLE RETURN HOME, Normandy; 29 July A bearded Frenchman and women of his family carrying their belongings. French families remove their baggage from truck. Addt'l scenes on first story. Nurses remove belongings from truck, walk twd tent. Two nurses carry a box into tent. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY RecordGroup 111 NF / Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 1970 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-436) Card 2 of 2 ADC 1970-2 ILM: Arch & APC MP, 6841 ea Silent INV 839, FRENCH PEOPLE RETURN HOME, 28 July 1944 Families around Army truck which helped to move them back. Woman holding a child near vehicle. A woman and other members of the family stand in front of their home. Several families, including children, wave at the camera. INV 840, WRECKAGE NEAR ST LO, FRANCE; 28 July Two German trucks wrecked on embankment at side of road. The shell of a wrecked truck half in the water. LS, an M-7 105mm How motor carriage bogged down at the side of road. Soldier shovels dirt away from motor carriage treads. MLS, M-7 moving slightly as an attempt is made to tow it back on the road. CU, tank treads spinning in mud. An abandoned Mark V tank on road. American soldier comes by, climbs up on the tank, looks it over. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV_210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35THAVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities