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COLLAPSE OF REMAGEN (LUDENDORFF) BRIDGE, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3597 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1423, 1424) 597 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent, 840' ea COLLAPSE OF REMAGEN (LUDENDORFF) BRIDGE Germany - 17 March 1945 ( LIB 4294) LS, collapsed Ludendorff, railroad bridge in water. MSs, engineers being hauled out of water by rope. Seq: Soldiers swimming out and rescuing engineers clinging to debris in river. CUs, injured men being removed in ambulances. VS, twisted wreckage of bridge. MSs, injured soldier being removed from high girder. CUs, several bodies crushed between steel girders. LSs, wrecked bridge. Seq: Various rescue operations under way. MS, soldier removed from center span by means of motor launch. LS, ambulances lined up near bridge. VS, injured being carried in litters to ambulances. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/1zw Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1945-03-17
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3:11