GERMAN NEWSREEL, ADVANCE ON PARIS, WORLD WAR II ; GRADUATING CEREMONIES AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2501 SOURCE: GERMAN NEWSREEL CARD 1 of 2 -1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 856' ea PART COMPOSITE GERMAN NEWSREEL ADVANCE ON PARIS, WW II June 1940 (GERMAN NARRATION) MSs, two Frenchmen with raised hands approach German officer. Numerous French soldiers exit from bldg on streets and surrender to Nazis. MCUs, French African soldiers are captured by the Germans. CUs, Unknown Soldier's monument in Paris. Full screen view, railroad car that served as meeting place for the 1918 surrender. Pan from base of French monument dedicated to the heroes of the 1st World War to draped Nazi flag at top of monument. vs, German soldiers enter outskirts of Paris. Fires burn from the numerous wrecked buildings as soldiers and vehicles advance thru streets and backyards. Animated maps: locations of Rheims, Chateau-Thierry and Paris with arrows indicating German advance into France. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps ADC 2501 501-2 SOURCE: GERMAN NEWSREEL (L-370-5) CARD 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 856' ea PART COMPOSITE GERMAN NEWSREEL ADVANCE ON PARIS, WW II (Cont'd) June 1940 (GERMAN NARRATION) Travel shot, tree-lined road, refugees make their way out of city. MCU, German OP. VS, German gun crew loads and fires gun. German soldiers carry rubber rafts across field. GRADUATING CEREMONIES AT FORT BENNING, GA 15 September 1944 (L-370-5) (SILENT) Seq: women pin bars on newly commissioned officers and embrace them, Seq: graduation ceremony, candidates march up to stage and receive their commission from Gen Ben Lear. CU, newspaper "Bayonet", announcing that the 50,000 th officer graduated in this class. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities