ACTIVITIES OF THE 9TH DIVISION NEAR STEINSHAROT (?), GERMANY ; 79TH DIVISION RHINE RIVER CROSSING, GERMANY ; Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3762 ADC 3762-1 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1490, M-1500) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent, 895' ea ACTIVITIES OF THE 9TH DIVISION Near Steinsharot (?), Germany 23 Mar 1945 (LIB 4502) VS, soldiers of the 60th Regt, 9th Div, moving along narrow wooden mountain trail past knocked-out German tank. LS, soldiers march past machine gun post. CU, two soldiers on guard at 50 cal MG. Seq: Soldiers of the 51st Engineer Bn building Bailey bridge across the narrow Wied River (?). 79TH DIV RHINE RIVER CROSSING Germany Record Group 111 24 March 1945 (LIB 4572) Accession Number III-NAV-210 MSs, truck convoy carrying ponton boats moving swiftly along road twd river. Sun rising in bg. MSs, soldiers marching thru streets of town. MS, signs: "Baker Beach". ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 3762 3762-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1490, M-1500) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent, 895' ea 79TH DIV RHINE RIVER CROSSING (Cont'd) Germany 24 Mar 1945 (LIB 4572) (Cont'd) VS, column of German prisoners marching along side of road. LVT passing them. LS, LVTs moving twd river. LS, LVTs crossing river. MS, 314th Regt, 79th Div, soldiers climbing aboard LVTs. VS, soldiers walking along dike at river's edge. LS, MS, truck towing 57mm antitank gun across field. MS, ponton raft with truck and antitank gun moves away from river bank. CU, medic sleeping in foxhole. MS, soldiers moving past sign: "Bakers Beach". MSs, LVTs and tank parked behind dike near river. MSs, CUs, smoke coming out of smoke generator and smoke pots. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities