ASSAULT ON BREST, DAOULAS PENNINSULA, FRANCE ; BREST BATTLE, FRANCE ; 2ND ARMORED DIVISION ADVANCE, BELGIUM Part 1

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SignalOCorps ADC 2295 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-612 and 613) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 771' ea Silent 2295-1 INV 1747 ASSAULT ON BREST, Daoulas Penninsula, France; 8 Sept 1944 LS, P-47s strafe and bomb enemy positions. CUs, MCUs, soldiers herd groups of German prisoners along roadway. MCUs, prisoners are searched; personal belongings are checked and prisoners are loaded into trucks for transfer to compound area. Seq: Gun crew of 3rd Pltn, Co A, 612th TD load and fire 3" gun under camouflage net. LSs, hits in the distance. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2295 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-612 and 613) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 771' ea Silent 2295-2 INV 1748, BREST BATTLE, France; 7 Sept 1944 Excellent MSs, CUs, officers of the 2nd Div Arti llery use BC scopes and binoculars to observe artillery fire from OP. LSs, shells explode in distance on German positions. (shaky) LSs, town under artillery bombardment INV 1770, 2ND ARMORED DIV ADVANCE, Belgium; 6 Sept 44 VS, vehicles of US 2nd Armored Div move thru Soignes. MS, tanks and half-tracks as they pass. Record Group 111 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities