REFUGEES IN BURNED TOWN, CORCIEUX AREA, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2734 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-915, 916) 2734 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 1007' ea Silent LIB 807 - REFUGEES IN BURNED TOWN Corcieux Area, France - 19 Nov 1944 MSs, CUs, French refugee women cook and eat food in open near wrecked bldgs. MSs, CUs, refugee family eating near fire. VS, refugees load their possessions on ox carts in preparation for their return to the city. LSs, CUs, refugees and their carts pass along highway; road sign "Corcieux" in bg. Various MCUs, refugee women, children and elderly men. MSs, butcher shop set up in open courtyard near farmhouse. Women buy meat. LS, town of Fremonville under fire by tanks of 813th Tank Destroyer Bn. MSs, CUs, refugees return to Corcieux, unload belongings from carts. MSs, CUs, soldiers from the 79th Div, 3rd Bn, 315th Inf Regt in Nonhigny re- roll bedrolls to send fwd to infantrymen. Various CUs, wrecked bldgs. Pan to statue of World War I in town square, surrounded by demolished bldgs. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities