MORTAR PLATOON MOVES UP, ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; INFANTRY ADVANCE INTO ESCHWEILER, GERMANY ; GERMAN FRONT LINES, BETWEEN WERTH AND HASTENRATH, GERMANY ; THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE, RHEIMS, FRANCE Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 2753 SOURCE: AFCF (M-921) Card 1 of 2 753-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 684' ea Silent LIB 861 MOR TAR PLATOON MOVES UP Eschweiler, Germany 21 Nov 44 CU, large teddy bear hangs from lamp post. MS, mortar crew of Co A, 104th Inf Div, 1st Bn, 415th Regt FUSA moves thru streets keeping close to buildings. LIB 862 INFANTRY ADVANCE INTO Eschweiler, Germany 21 Nov 44 LSs, A Co, 1st Bn, 415th Inf Regt, 104th Div, first US Army advances across open field on outskirts of city. Large bomb-wrecked building visible in bg. Excellent scenes, infantry troops keeping close to buildings walk along debris- covered street. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 2753 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-921) Card 2 ,of 2 753-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 684' ea Silent LIB 863 GERMAN FRONT LINES Between Werth and Hastenrath, Germany 21 Nov 44 (Beginning scenes not described; footage NG.) MSs, half-track, jeeps and armored vehicles move along road. CU, M-10 motor carriage between two buildings of town. Excellent scenes, infantrymen walk along muddy, wet country road toward camera. LS, soldier on guard atop debris. LIB 865 THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE Rheims, France 24 Nov 44 Seq: presentation of colors ceremony on steps of Cathedral. MSs, Brig Gen Chas O Thrasher and Archbishop of Rheims on steps of Cathedral. HS, troops in formation at ceremony. Pan, heavily sand-bagged and barricaded front of Cathederal. Excellent Ints, ceremonies in Cathedral. Record Group 111 MSs, troops enter and leave Cathedral. 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