ENGINEERS CLEAR ROADBLOCK, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND FRONT LINE, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; MORTAR, HAMICH (?), GERMANY ; HAMICH (?), GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2744 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-921) Card 1 of 3 744-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 981' ea Silent LIB 854 ENGINEERS CLEAR ROADBLOCK Eschweiler, Germany 22 Nov 44 MSs, M4 tank stopped in front of roadblock. Seq: Engineers of Co C, 329th Engr Bn, 104th Inf Div place demolition charge on roadblock. (Roadblock was caused by dynamiting of railroad crossing by German forces. ) CUs, MSs, bulldozer with hydraulic lift on blade clears debris after explosion. MSs, US soldier guards German prisoner carrying white flag. VS, first jeep marked "Military Government" passes over cleared portion of roadway. Seq: AMG soldiers enter bldg. Officer hangs sign on doorway, "Allied Expeditionary Force, Military Government Office." Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2744 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-921) Card 2 of 3 744-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 981' ea Silent LIB 856 ESCHWEILER, GERMANY 21 Nov 44 Excellent scenes, US infantrymen of 415th Regt, 1st Bn, C Co, FUSA run along streets, staying close to houses as they dodge artillery shells. (all RVs) MSs, civilians run into house; M-4 tank bg. LIB 857 ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND FRONT LINE Eschweiler, Germany 21 Nov 44 Soldiers of Co A, 415th Regt, 104th Inf Div, First Army advance into Eschweiler. (Destruction to houses and bldgs of city is visible.) ) LSs, troops cross open field and enter edge of city. Seq: two AMG officers and enlisted men enter town in jeep, set up headquarters in building. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 CU, officer chalks sign on door "Off Limits to Troops. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2744 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-921) Card 3 of 3 744-3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 981' es Silent LIB 858 4.2 MOR TAR Hamich (?) Germany 21 Nov 1944 CU, soldier marks "100, 000th" on mortar shell. MSs, CUs, crew load and fire 4.2 mortar. LIB 859 HAMICH (?) GERMANY 20 Nov 1944 VS, US soldiers of 16th Regt, 1st Bn move thru and around ruins of city, stop to examine wrecked German Tiger tank. Ruins of city in bg. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS /

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities