MACHINE GUN FIRING, ST. POIS, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2073 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-466) 2073 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 669' ea Silent INV 1029, MACHINE GUN FIRING, St Pois, France; 8 Aug 1944 Excellent scenes, team of US infantrymen fires 30 cal water-cooled MG from behind heavy foliage. (The infantrymen are of Co M, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf Regt, 4th Inf Div. ) VS, infantrymen walk in single file, cross field, roads and advance between hedgerows. Head-on shot, MSs, CUs, infantrymen advance thru hedge rows passing out of frame. CUs, ammunition belt runs thru 30 cal water-cooled MG as hand triggers gun. CU, ammunition belt is extracted from box. Seq: French civilians raise French flag on town hall. VS, US patrols in streets of city search buildings for snipers. CU, road sign "St Pois" to R. of frame; in R fg crouched infantryman speaks over walkie-talkie. Record Group 111 MCU, RV, soldier fires at window of house from III-NAV-210 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