ARCH OF TRIUMPH, PARIS, FRANCE Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2229 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-553) ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 1033' ea Silent 2229 INV 1509, ARCH OF TRIUMPH, Paris, France; 27 Aug 1944 Seq: Piper cub takes off and lands near the Arch. MSs, half-tracks loaded with German prisoners roll thru streets. MSs, FFI and French civilians take cover behind vehicles; others run thru streets as snipers fire. Seq: Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, Gen Omar N Bradley and French Gen Jacques Leclerc before Arch mingle in crowd, pose for photographers and drive thru streets. MSs, US soldier on top of truck kisses French girls. INV 1508 MLS, Piper cub takes off and lands on street near Arch. MSs, US soldiers in jeep eat "K" rations, French people look on. Another soldier takes a drink of cognac. CU, French soldiers with French girls on tanks drink wine and eat. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III - NAV-

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities