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FREE FRENCH 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, SOUTHHAMPTON, ENGLAND Part 1
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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2096 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-470) 2096 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 634' ea Silent B-645 FREE FRENCH 2ND ARMD DIV, Southhampton, England; 30 Jul 1944 MS, convoy of 2nd Armd Div including M-4 tanks, 2 1/2 ton trucks, half-tracks and jeeps en route to marshalling area. MS, CU, French officers and convoy personnel study maps. MHS, column of French soldiers carrying equipment marches twd camera. Pan, LS, French troops on side of road, Vehicles of the Div on road. Excellent scenes, convoy drives thru streets on way on dock area VS, US Red Cross girl distributes doughnuts to Free French soldiers. MCU, half-track is hoisted aboard LST. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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