COMBAT LEAVE, PARIS, FRANCE ; MOPPING UP, METZ, FRANCE ; PRISONERS, METZ, FRANCE ; HORSE MOUNTED CAVALRY, COINCOURT, ALSCE-LORRAINE, FRANCE Part 2

Description

Signal Corps 11 ADC 2752 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-930-931) Card 1 of 3 752-1FILM: ARCH & APC MP 724' ea Silent LIB 898 COMBAT LEAVE Paris, France 20 Nov 44 MSs, CUs, soldiers in Hampont, France receive passes from officer and leave area in 2 1/2 ton trucks. CU sign in Paris "Avenue De Champs Elysees.' VS, soldiers walking in streets of Paris. LS, Arch of Triumph. VS, soldiers disembark from Special Service bus near Arch of Triumph. LS, American Red Cross building. Seq: soldiers pass store with sign "Rainbow Corner Barber Shop"; two soldiers exit from shop. Four soldiers are handed their passes in the city and are followed by camera as they walk down street. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2752 SOURCE: AFCF (M-930-931) Card 2 of 3 752 PILM: ARCH & APC MP 724' ea Silent LIB 899 MOPPING UP Metz, France 21 Nov 44 LS, patrol moving thru streets keeps close to building. LS, German ambulance manned by FFI men standing at curb. One man rushes from ambulance across street. MCU, US soldier breaks door of house with butt of rifle. Short scene, 5th Div troops on road leading toward city. LIB 900 PRISONERS Metz, France 21 Nov 44 CU, German prisoner is searched by US soldier. Outer civilian pants are removed to disclose German Army uniform. MSs, German prisoners remove dead German soldiers from streets and put them in trucks. LS, MCUs, two completely wrecked US jeeps at side of muddy road. CUs, clothing and belongings of German prisoners are carefully searched. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 2752 SOURCE: AFCF (M-930-931) Card 3 of 3 DC 752-3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 724' ea Silent LIB 901 HORSE- MOUNTED CAVALRY Coincourt, Alsace-Lorraine France 21 Nov 44 MCUs, US mechanized cavalry units ride requisitioned French horses thru streets. MSs, one soldier has difficulty mounting horse. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities