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ELECTION RETURNS, STOLLBERG, GERMANY ; COLORED MESS, ST. HUBERT, BELGIUM ; MMILITARY POLICEMEN, NANCY AND TOUL, FRANCE ; XX CORPS DEDICATION, JARNEY (?), FRANCE Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 2649 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 1 of 3 649-FILM: ARCH & APC MP 927' ea Silent LIB 457 ELECTION RETURNS Stollberg, Germany 7 Nov 44 (M-855) VS, soldiers of 3rd Armored Div grouped around jeep and listen to election returns on radio. One soldier marks scores of Roosevelt and Dewey on side of M - 4 tank. CUs, soldier marks out name of "Dewey" and marks "Roosevelt Wins, 11 then "Dewey Wins. " (staged) LIB 459 COLORED MESS St Hubert, Belgium 5 Nov 44 (M-855) MSs, CUs, Negro and white soldiers of 3967th QM, 7th Armored Div eat chicken in wooded area. Record Group 111 VS, troops stand in chow line. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2649 SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 2 of 3 49-₱ ILM: ARCH & APC MP 927' ea Silent LIB 454 MP's Nancy and Toul, France 5 Nov 44 (M-852) MSs, CUs, US MP directs traffic and using French-English dictionary gives directions to young French girl. MSs, CUs, two MPs stop French male civilian and examine his identification papers. VS, MPs leave Hq bldg. Some get into jeeps, a few mount motorcycles and others walk to patrol areas. MSs, three MPs patrol "Red Light" district and stop to talk to woman. MSs, herd of cows crosses bridge guarded by MP. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2649 SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 3 of 3 649-3FILM: ARCH & APC MP 927' ea Silent LIB 455 XX CORPS DEDICATION Jarney, (?) France 5 Nov 44 (M-852) MSs, CUs, Mayors of French cities of Verdun and Chateau Thierry present flags to Maj Gen Walton H Walker. (Excellent CUs of the General.) MSs, CUs, troops and band in formation with Gen's 2-star flag. CU, Gen Walker pins streamers to flags. CU, International News correspondent John Bockhurst who has followed the XX Corps since its arrival in France. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1947–1964
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