LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, MITKYINA, BURMA ; LIBERATION OF DIJON, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2338 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 720' ea Silent ADC 2338-1 LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, Myitkýina, Burma; 11 Sept 44 (C-116) Seq: Lord Louis Mountbatten seated in railway jeep. Jeep bearing Mountbatten and others ride on track towing van loaded with Chinese soldiers CU sign over gateway: 11 Seagrave Hospital. 11 (Sign in both English and Chinese.) VS, Lt Col Seagrave greets Lord Louis Mountbatten. CUs, Lord Mountbatten and Brig Gen Lewis A Pick. VS, Mountbatten and Col Seagrave walk about hospital grounds. Lord Mountbatten alights from plane at Myitkyina Airfield and is greeted by Brig Gen Pick, Brig Gen Robert Cannon and Chinese Gen Sun Li Jen. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps ADC 2338 111 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: Arch & APC MP, 720' ea ilent 2338-2 LIBERATION OF DIJON, FRANCE, 11 Sept 44 (0-980) Seq: French Brig Gen Aime Buore enters city in armored car and is greeted by cheering civilians. VS, reconnaissance elements of 1st French Armored Div enter city and are greeted by jubilant crowds. CUs, civilians shake hands. VS, girls kiss French tank corpsmen. VS, people rejoice in center of city. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities