FRENCH ADVANCES, SEES, FRANCE Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 2110 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-501) ADC 2110 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 606' ea Silent INV 1221, FRENCH ADVANCES, Sees, France; Aug 44 MSs, vehicles of the 2nd French Armored Div pass through town. CU, Cross of Lorraine on side of M-4 tank. Large group of German prisoners is marched into town and searched by French soldiers. CUs, individual prisoners. MSs, French armored vehicles fire upon German positions. Seq: American Red Cross equipment taken by the Germans is towed away for repair. Record Group 111 French soldiers repaint Red Cross vehicle. Accession Number III-NAV-210 Short scene, French General Jacques Leclerc consults with members of his staff. VS, French shell German resistance pockets with tank fire. Seq: French tank that suffered direct hit from German 88mm gun is towed to vacant field. After extinguishing flames, the bodies of four dead crew members are removed. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35THAVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities