DEFENSE BUILD-UP, MANHAY (?), BELGIUM ; REFUGEES IN ENEMY HELD CHATTEAU, NEAR CHENEAUX (?), BELGIUM ; EXECUTION OF GERMAN SPIES, NEAR HERBESTAHL, BELGIUM Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2945 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1094) Card 1 of 2 2945-1 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 724' ea Silent LIB 1556, DEFENSE BUILD-UP, Manhay (?), Belgium 23 Dec 44 MSs, long line of Belgian civilians on highway. CU road sign. Pan to civilians as they pass Belgian guards. MSs, camouflaged half-track, motor carriages, M-4 tanks set up by 3rd Armored Div as roadblocks. MCU, 36th Inf Regt soldier concealed by tree near road. MCU, MP and soldier with 45 cal submachine gun directs traffic. CU signs "Erezee and Stablot" and two other designations and their distances. MS, busy intersection in town of Manhay with directional signs. VS, refugee women on road carry children, bedding and luggage. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 A STAVELOr ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek Signal Corps 111 ADC 2945 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1094) Card 2 of 2 2945-2 FILM: Arch & APC MP, 724' ea Silent LIB 1557, REFUGEES IN ENEMY HELD CHATTEAU, Near Cheneaux, (?), Belgium; 23 Dec 1944 MSs, CUs, Belgian refugees evacuate area. LS, foggy, snow-covered field. MS, soldier in foxhole on snow-covered field. Telephoto shot, enemy-held chateau. Seq: Wounded soldier on litter is carried from bldg and carried to ambulance. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 LIB 1558, EXECUTION OF GERMAN SPIES, Near Herbestahl, Belgium; 23 Dec 44 MSs, MPs of 509th MP Co lead three German spies to execution spot of the 482nd MP Guard Station. Seq: Spies are tied to stake; blindfolds are placed on the men. MCU, MP firing squad composed of twenty-four men. MSs, execution of the spies. CUs, bodies. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE, LIC 1, NY ERB/ek

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities