US 81MM MORTAR FIRING ON PERCY, FRANCE ; REHABILITATION, LA HAYE DU PUITS, FRANCE ; SPECIAL SERVICE STAGE SHOW NEAR LA BAZOQUE, FRANCE ; SOLDIERS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION AT REST, NORMANDY, FRANCE Part 3

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2051 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-455) Card 1 of 3 2051-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 892' ea Silent INV 932 & 933, US 81MM MORTAR FIRING ON PERCY, FRANCE, 1 Aug 1944 MLS, MS, soldier speaking over phone in mortar emplacement. MS, LS, firing 81mm mortar. Seq: Soldiers remove mortar shells from cartons and stack them on ground. NOTE: Crew is 2d Bn, 10th Inf Regt, 28th Div. Film is incorrectly slated 30th Div. INV 934 REHABILITATION, LA HAYE DU PUITS, FRANCE, 1 Aug 1944 LSs, wrecked town. In fg some Army vehicles on the move. VS, bulldozers, 183d Engrs Combat Bn, Co B, clearing ground of rubble. RecordGroup 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps 11 ADC 2051 SOURCE: AFCF (M-455) Card 2 of 3 51-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 892' ea Silent INV 935, SPECIAL SERVICE STAGE SHOW NEAR LA BAZOQUE, FRANCE, 1 Aug 1944 MS, small group of soldiers seated on the ground, applauding. LAS, man playing accordion on the platform of a truck which serves as a stage. MS, Pvt speaking at microphone to the audience. MS, the small group applauds. MLS from behind audience as it watches a man playing banjo. MLS, entertainers singing, finishing a number. NOTE: Captions list one of the entertainers as Henry Aldrich. He cannot be identified. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2051 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-455) Card 3 of 3 2051-3 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 892' ea Silent INV 936, SOLDIERS OF THE 9 TH INF DIV AT REST, Normandy, France; 1 Aug 1944 MS, soldier getting a haircut. A piece of parachute silk is used as a towel. MLS, MCU, soldier seated under tree writes letter. MS, CU, soldier washes OD shirt in tub. MS, CU, soldier sharpens his knife as another turns grindstone. MS, CU, soldier soaps clothes on a board. MS, CU, soldier puts pictures on handle of knife. MS, soldier wearing a derby, reads paper in slit trench. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities