AIR RAID SHELTER, MARIGNY, FRANCE ; CRASHED ALLIED PLANE, GOURVILLE, FRANCE ; MAJ. GEN. EDWARD H. BROOKS, NEAR ST. DENISE LE GAST, FRANCE ; SCENES OF COUTANCES, FRANCE ; ST. LO, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 1983 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-438) Card 1 of 3 1983-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 899 ¥ ea Silent INV 892 AIR RAID SHELTER, Marigny, France; 29 July 1944 MSs, CUs, bulldozer excavates air raid shelter for VII Corps Hq. INV 893 CRASHED ALLIED PLANE, Gourville, France; 3 Jul 44 MSs, CUs, US soldiers examine wreckage of P-47 in field near Gourville. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 1983 ADC SOUR CE: AFCF (M-438) Card 2 of 3 1983-2FILM: Arch & APC MP, 899¥ ea Silent INV 895 MAJ GEN EDWARD H BROOKS, Near St Denise Le Gast, France; 31 July 1944 Short scene, US soldier destroys German rifles. MS, US Maj Gen Brooks, Commander, 2nd Armored Div speaks with French Civil Affair officers and US officer and looks at situation map. MS, burning US M-4 tank; dead soldiers covered with blankets nearby. MS, US first aid man treats wounded young French girl. Various CUs, road signs. VS, return of French civilians to town. Civilians ride bicycles and horsedrawn carts. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 1983 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-438) Card 3 of 3 1983-3 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 899' ea Silent INV 896 SCENES OF COUTANCES France; 29 Jul 44 MS, M-4 tanks, half-tracks and jeeps move past ruins of city. MSs, Cathedral of Coutances; archbishop in fg. MSs, CUs, archbishop and other priests speak to US and British soldiers. Gen George S Patton, Jr CG, Third Army in jeep speaks to US officer and drives thru city. INV 898 ST LO, FRANCE; 30 Jul 44 MSs, CUs, LS, main streets of St Lo filled with wreckage and debris as US tanks and vehicles of the 29th Div pass through intersection. CU, tank treads roll over debris raising dust. Record Group 111 Pan, wreckage of city. Accession Number III-NAV-210 CUs, MSs, bulldozer clears streets of rubble. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities