LIBERATION OF ANGERS, FRANCE ; TOWN REOCCUPATION, LA VIRE, FRANCE ; FORTIFICATIONS IN ST. MALO, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2124 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-496 and 497 R1 2) Card 1 of 2 2124-1 FILM: Arch & APCMP, 986' ea Silent INV 1199, LIBERATION OF ANGERS, France; 9 Aug 1944 MS, French civilians tear down German signs from bldgs and posts. MCU, two photographs of Adolph Hitler are held over fire in street and burned. A picture of Hitler is kicked. VS, US infantrymen rush past bldgs in single file, move across bridge on outskirts of city, and pass wrecked and burning bldgs. MLS, one-legged Frenchman breaks up German signpost on tree. VS, Frenchmen and US soldiers break store window and tear up Nazi pictures. Frenchmen tear down sign on the former German officers club. VS, French civilians fight fires in burning bldg; file of US infantrymen passes in bg. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2124 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-496 and 497 R1 2) Card 2 of 2 2124-2FILM: Arch & APC MP, 986' ea Silent INV 1209 TOWN REOCCUPATION, La Vire, France; 11 Aug 1944 LHS, town of La Vire. Burning bldgs in bg. VS, destruction to town. US ambulance moves down road twd camera. INV 1155 FORTIFICATIONS IN ST MALO FRANCE; 10 Aug 1944 VS, German fortifications. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 US soldiers examine equipment and wreckage. MS, int of cave, several German wounded await treatment. 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