ADVANCE AND CAPTURE OF SCHARFENBERG (?), GERMANY ; PRISON CAMP, BASORB (?), GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps lll ADC ADC 3825 825 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1545-1548) Card 1 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 634' Silent ADVANCE AND CAPTURE OF SCHARFENBERG (?) Germany 2 April 1945 (LIB 5022) MSs, soldiers of 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Group, 1st Division, moving into town during wind and rainstorm. Visibility is very poor. MS, M-24 tank moving along street. MS, two soldiers watching four German prisoners near building which has a white flag flying from window. LSs, soldiers, armored cars, M-24 tanks advance across open field twd town. Visibility is poor due to rain and fog. MSs, German civilians watching prisoners marching thru streets, Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj Signal Corps DC ADC 3825 825-SOURCE: AFCF (M-1545-1548) Card 2 of 2 FILM: Arch MP & APC MP, 634' Silent PRISON CAMP Basorb (?) Germany; 3 April 1945 (LIB 5024) vs, liberated Allied prisoners, including Americans, in chow line. MSs, men eating MS, wounded being carried by litter into ambulance. MSs, barbed wire on window of barracks and barbed wire fence around camp. MS, grave markers stacked against building. Seq: Trucks arrive with rations. Liberated prisoners cheering. Rations are unloaded from truck. vs, captured German tire factory with assorted sizes of tires stacked against wall at Sandbach (?), Germany. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities