ROAD TO VERSAILLES, CHATEAU, FRANCE ; 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, OUTSKIRTS OF CHATEAU FORTE, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2211 111 SOURCE: ACF (M-533) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 1094' ea Silent 2211-1 INV 1391, ROAD TO VERSAILLES, Chateau Forte, France; 24 Aug 1944 MS, sign post, Pan to French motorized vehicles awaiting "Go" signal. Ext LS, French tank fires heavy gun. Head-on shot, tanks move across open field. LSs, MSs, CUs, 105mm How on M-7 motor carriage is loaded and fired by French crew. CU, German field piece destroyed by French fire. MS, wounded member of German artillery crew on field. Pan to three other members of wounded crew. MSs, wrecked and smoking German vehicles. MLS, French armored vehicles move past destroyed German equipment. Seq: French civilians cheer arrival of FFI. Short scene, German soldiers surrender and walk down road with raised hands. MS, French tricolors are raised on bldg. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 2211 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-533) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 1094' ea Silent 2211-2 INV 1390, 2ND FRENCH ARMORED DIVISION, Outskirts of Chateau Forte, France; 24 Aug 1944 VS, men and equipment of the French division on the outskirts of Paris; men move thru woods lookout for snipers. MS, men and equipment on highway. MS, road sign in fg "Versaille 10." In bg, French tanks move out on road. VS, French civilians remove roadblock placed in streets by retreating Germans. VS, French civilians crowded around tanks and other vehicles. French girls kiss French troops. MCU, William W White, AP Correspondent seated in jeep drinks wine from bottle. Record Group 111 Accession Number 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