GERMAN MILITARY SURRENDER, SCHWERIN, GERMANY ; MEETING OF US RUSSIAN TROOPS, LATKENWISCH (?) Part 2

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Signal Corps 11 ADC 2046 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1716-1717) Card 1 of 2 046-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 695' ea Silent LIB 6211 GERMAN MILITARY SURRENDER Schwerin, Germany 2 May 45 MLSs, group of German Army nurses surrenders to US 8th Inf Div in Hagenow. LSs, prisoners (nurses) assembled near German ambulances and trucks. LSs, German soldiers surrender on foot, in horse-drawn and other vehicles to US troops. HLS, tremendous mass of prisoners in compound area. MSs, CUs, German servicewomen seated on ground and in groups. MSs, CUs, faces of some of the prisoners Seq: German prisoner takes food from his field pack. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps DC ADC 2046 046-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1716-1717) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 6951 ea Silent LIB 6221 MEETING OF US AND RUSSIAN TROOPS Latkenwisch (?) 3 May 45 Seq: Col Alexander George, San Antonio, Tex, Hqs 29th Div returns across Elbe River with Russian officer. Soldiers of 3rd Bn, L Co., 175th Regt, 29 Div gather around the Russian officer on the shore. LSs, Pan huge number of German prisoners, about 5,000, in compound area. (In fg, one lone US soldier stands guard.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities