CITY BURNS, CRAILSHEIM, GERMANY ; 10TH ARMORED DIVISION, WURTENBERG, (?) GERMANY ; CIVILIAN RECOVERY, BLANKENBURG, GERMANY ; TRACK MEET, KOLN, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 2272 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1655) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 822' ea Silent 2272-1 LIB 5888 CITY BURNS Crailsheim, Germany 21 Apr 45 (NOTE: Stiff resistance by the town of Crailsheim required the 22nd Inf Regt to shell the vicinity.) MSs, CUs, US infantrymen work their way thru burning town set afire by phosphorous shells. Strong winds fan the flames. MSs, aged woman walking in street, trudging over ruins. In bg, burning bldgs. Short scene, liberated Russian and Polish labor prisoners march past camera. Pan, abandoned fire hose near burning bldg. LIB 5889 10TH ARMD DIV Wurtenberg, (?) Germany 20 April 45 MS, infantrymen of Task Force Riley CCA, 10th Armd Div, VI Corps, 7th Army slowly move thru street in search of snipers in the town of Rosswalden. Excellent LSs, burning village with M-4 tanks and half-tracks in field in fg. CUs, three German prisoners on hood of half-track; burning town bg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 2272 SOURCE: (M-1566) AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 822' ea Silent 2272-2 LIB 5890 CIVILIAN RECOVERY Blankenburg, Germany 21 Apr 45 Human interest shots, German civilians search thru ruins of burning houses salvaging their belongings. LIB 5891 TRACK MEET Koln, Germany MSs, running race and high jump as US soldiers stage track meet in Koln Sports Palace. Short scene, drill teams of US soldiers perform. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities