GERMAN AMMUNITION TRUCK, MAISON ROUGE, FRANCE ; SEINE RIVER ASSAULT, MONTEREAU, FRANCE ; REFUGEES FROM BREST, PLOUDALMEREAU, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 2245 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-564) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 796' ea Silent 2245 INV 1588 - GERMAN AMMUNITION TRUCK Maison Rouge, France 3 25 Aug 1944 MCU, US observers in wooded area use binoculars and BC scope. MLS, truck explodes and burns. (Scratch to L of frame). INV 1589 - SEINE RIVER ASSAULT Montereau, France a 25 Aug 1944 Late evening scenes, 10th Inf Regt crosses Seine river. LSs, two US infantrymen fire MG to cover crossing of other troops. Enemy fire hits water nearby. LS, US soldiers retreat, run for shelter; wounded man is helped to safety. Seq: MG is fired in fg; engineers ferry antitank guns across river on barge under direct enemy fire. Shells burst in water nearby. INV 1590 CI REFUGEES FROM BREST Ploudalmereau, France 5 24 Aug 1944 Seq: Human interest shots, various types of refugees seated in front of old church. Various CUs, ragged children. MCUs, nuns and aged women. MSs, CUs, refugees gather around two US soldiers in jeep. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY Record ERB/1zw. Group 111 Accession Number TTT - NAV. -- 210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities