LANDING OF FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY ; DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT, NEAR ST. DE NIS DE GAST, NORMANDY, FRANCE ; ARMOR AND BRIDGE, GAVRAY, FRANCE ; GERMAN PRISONERS, LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2057 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-457) Card 1 of 3 2057-FILM: Arch & APC MP, 953' ea Silent INV 945, LANDING OF FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIV, Utah Beach, Normandy; 31 July 1944 LSs, few LSTs in the water. Head-on view, an LST, its doors open; crowd of soldiers on ramp as it moves slowly twd camera. Some men make V sign. Frenchmen at bow, cheer. Officers in a DUKW near the LST. One officer Capt John Marin, French Navy speaks to men on LST ramp. VS, Maj Gen Jacques Philippe Leclerc coming ashore in Normandy with his staff and being greeted by Maj Gen Walton H Walker. Very good CUs, Gen Leclerc as he speaks. Follow shot, Leclerc with officers in vehicle leaving area. Norman civilian gives out wine to French soldiers. Record Group 111 CU of two drinking. Accession Number III-NAV-210 Pan, soldiers in many tanks which have landed. Men work on MGs. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps ADC 2057 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-457) Card 2 of 3 2057-2FILM: Arch & APC MP, 953' ea Silent INV 947, DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT, NEAR ST DE NIS DE GAST, NORMANDY, FRANCE; 31 July 1944 View made from a moving vehicle of wrecked tanks, armored vehicles on both sides of dirt road. The vehicles are of the 155th German Panzer Div. VS, wrecked vehicles. CU, feet of a dead soldier protrude from a truck. CUs, clothing and more destroyed vehicles. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY NF/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2057 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-457) Card 3 of 3 2057-3 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 953' ea Silent INV 948, ARMOR AND BRIDGE, GAVRAY, FRANCE; 31 Jul 1944 Motor carriages, half-tracks, other vehicles move thru damaged street. CU, tankman in tank. Follow shot, Maj Gen J Lawton Collins, 7th Corps Comd, arrives in vehicle. CU, soldier directing traffic. MS, Gen Clarence R Huebner and a Capt walk by on street. Engineers work on Bailey bridge construction to replace one which was blown up. MS, two Frenchmen and a woman stand near river's edge watching soldiers working on the shore. Addt'l scenes, bridge construction and the wrecked town. INV 949, GERMAN PRISONERS, LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE, 31 Jul 44 Various views, over 1, 000 prisoners walk thru the town. Record Group 111 CU, marching feet of prisoners. 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities