FIRST SHOT INTO GERMANY, THEDING (?), FRANCE ; ARTILLERY (90TH INFANTRY DIVISION), DILLINGEN, GERMANY ; CIVIL COURT TRIAL, ITALY Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2861 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 2861-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 755' ea Silent LIB 1216 FIRST SHOT INTO GERMANY, Theding (?) France; 7 Dec 44 (M-1037) MSs, CUs, Lt Col Thomas M Crawford, CO 231st Armored FA Bn and Maj William R Bills, Exec O load and fire 105mm How on M-7 motor carriage. The first cannon fired by 6th Div into Germany. (Re-enacted.) LIB 1219, ARTILLERY (90TH INF DIV) Dillingen, Germany; 7 Dec 44 (M-1037) Long Pan shot, Dillingen. Artillery shell bursts and fires are visible. MSs, CUs, crew loads and fires 76mm antitank gun. Pan from gun to spotter at BC scope. Seq: Gun commander and spotter pay off bets. Pan from gun to large pile of empty shell cases. LS, smoke generator in open field. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 2861 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 2861-2FILM: Arch & APC MP, 755' ea Silent CIVIL COURT TRIAL, ITALY (No location) (No Date) HS, Italian civilians jam civil court gates. Two men crawl over iron gate. Civilians jab at prisoner as guard leads him into court. (NOTE: Believe this portion to be a part of the story on the mass murder of approx 300 Italian civilians. Probably the Ardeantine Caves Massacre.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities