BESANCON FALLS TO 36TH DIVISION, FRANCE ; NEWLY TAKEN TOWN, BESANCON, FRANCE Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 2303 111SOURCE: AFCF (0-973) Card 1 of 2 ADCFILM: ARCH & APC MP, 976' ea Silent 2303-1 BESANCON FALLS TO 36th DIVISION France 5 8 September 1944 VS, US soldiers of the 36th Div and FFI men in house-to house fighting. CUs, soldiers advance very cautiously and fire M-1 rifles and BARs. VS, FFI man gives US soldier boost to top of warehouse where search for snipers is continued. Short scene, US vehicles roll thru town. MCU, German prisoners, snipers and civilian collaborators are rounded up by FFI and herded thru street. MLS, bridge destroyed by retreating Nazis. MS, Maj Gen John W "Daniel stands in street and talks with officers. MCU, women collaborators with shaven heads are rounded up. MCU, wounded FFI man is carried down street on litter. VS, FFI men cross wrecked bridge and climb ladders on opposite bank. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw Record Group 111 Accession Number III NAV - 210 Signal Corps ADC 2303 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-973) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 976' ea Silent 2303-2 NEWLY TAKEN TOWN Besancon, France, 8 Sep 1944 VS, town square, civilians listen to speeches, applaud their liberators and tear down German signs from bldgs. CU, civilian foot stomps picture of Laval. VS, civilians toss German propaganda papers from office window. MS, Maj Gen O Daniel tours newly taken town. MSs, 36th Div Troops cross improvised ramp over Doubes River. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw 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