10TH ARMORED DIVISION, VI CORPS, SEVENTH ARMY, BAIERTAL, GERMANY ; RHINE TRAFFIC, WESEL, GERMANY Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC ADC 3873 3873-1 SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 702' ea Silent LIB 4947 10TH ARMORED DIV, VI CORPS, SEVENTH ARMY Baiertal, Germany 1 Apr 45 (M-1526) VS, US armored vehicles of 81st Armored Inf Bn enter the town of Baiertal. Burning houses appear on outskirts. VS, infantrymen file thru streets. M-18 tank (motor carriage) turns corner and crosses bridge. CU road signs: "Nackargemund, 14km; Mauer 7km." MS, three US soldiers hide behind wall. Head-on shot, single US tank moves across bridge toward camera. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 3873 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 2 of 2 873-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 702' ea Silent LIB 4819 RHINE TRAFFIC Wesel, Germany 28 Mar 45 (M-1523) LS, ambulances, half-tracks, motorcycles, trucks cross ponton bridge. (Included in the vehicles are British and US troops and trucks.) MSs, vehicles pass sign marked "Slow. If Seq: British trucks loaded with British troops pass over bridge. Short scene, British soldiers extricate trailer which has broken loose from towing vehicles and is caught between ponton treadways. CUs, engineers of 248th Corps fill pontons on bridge. HS, line of Dukws move across ponton treadway bridge. Numerous Dukws were filled with gasoline cans. Views of bridge from water level shows destroyed bridges in bg. ARMY PICTORIAL C ENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj Reccrd Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities