LEYTE OPERATION, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; 2ND ENGINEER BATALLION, WIRTZFIELD (?), BELGIUM ; FIRST BARGE THRU ALBERT CANAL, QUARDEMECHELEN (?), BELGIUM ; 2ND ARMORED DIVISION DEMONSTRATION, ALTDORF, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3001 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 4 3001-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 745' ea Silent LEYTE OPERATION Philippine Islands 20 Oct 44 (A-174) MS, US tank moves into village and is greeted by Filipino civilians. Rear view, US infantrymen in prone position. Short scene, US infantrymen with wounded soldier on litter rush twd camera. CU, patrol huts snipers in village. MSs, MCUs, on White Beach, Gen Douglas Mac Arthur with Maj Gen Verne Mudge and Lt Gen George C Kenny inspect airstrip in town of Tacloban. MS, Gen Mac Arthur shakes hands with Gen Mudge. MLS, Gens in jeep; jeep backs up thru water into landing craft. MSs, natives of Tacloban wave US flags as US forces take over the town (21 Oct 44). MLS, US soldiers search for snipers in streets of village. LS, wreckage of village, fire in bg; US tanks in fg. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps ADC 3001 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 4 3001-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 745' ea Silent LIB 1531 2ND ENGINEER BN Wirtzfeld, (?) Belgium 18 Dec 44 (M-1105-1106) MSs, CUs, engineers of 2nd Engr Bn, 2nd Inf Div dig holes, lay mines on wet, muddy roads. CU, engineer with shovel covers mine after emplacing it in ground. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 3001 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 3 of 4 3001-3FILM: ARCH & APC MP 7451 ea Silent LIB 1532 FIRST BARGE THRU ALBERT CANAL Quardemechelen, (?) Belgium 15 Dec 44 (M-1105-1106) MSs, CUs, first barge to move thru Albert Canal passes wrecked bridge. MS, band and color guard with US flag on canal bank welcome barge. CU, group of US officers watches barge as it passes. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es Signal Corps mill ADC 3001 ADC SOURCE: AFCF Card 4 of 4 3001-4 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 7451 ea Silent LIB 1528 2ND ARMORED DIVISION DEMONSTRATION Altdorf, Germany 21 Dec 44 (M-1105-1106) Seq: British "Churchill" flame-thrower tanks and infantrymen of the 41st Inf Regt 2nd AD, Ninth US Army in demonstration of attack technique against small village. Excellent scenes, tanks throw heavy concentration of flames against buildings, infantrymen follow. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities