80TH CROSSING, MAINZ, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 3874 ADC SCURCE: AFCF (M-1523) Card 1 of 2 387 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 997' ea Silent LIB 4849 80TH CROSSING Mainz, Germany 28 Mar 45 LS, cloud of smoke from artillery shelling rises in bg. vs, LCVPs and LCMs cross river. VS, infantrymen of 318th Regt, 80th Div enter LCVPs. Medics carry wounded aboard. HSs, infantrymen and medics load aboard LCVP. Ramp is closed and LCVP pulls away from embarkation point. (Note: The landing craft pull directly to steps of city plaza.) Short scene, bulldozers push earth along steps toward bank making a ramp for vehicles so that they may be loaded aboard landing craft. Follow shots, wounded are removed from LCVPs and placed in ambulances vs, US soldiers carry boxes of ammunition into LCVP. MSs, Follow shots, landing craft pulls into newly devised ramp; truck backs down ramp and board landing craft. Jeep and trailer back onto landing craft. (Note: There are numerous scratches throughout this reel.) MS, HS, pilot in stern of landing craft. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC A. NY EBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 11 ADC 3874 DC SQURCE: AFCF (M-15233 Card 2 of 2 874 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 997' ea Silent LIB 4849 (Cont'd) 80TH CROSSING (Cont'd) Mainz, Germany (Cont'd) 28 Mar 45 (Cont'd) VS, German prisoners are brought ashore from LCVPs and marched under guard through streets. M-18 tank (motor carriage) with several US soldiers aboard backs down improvised r amp onto LCM. Travel shot, tank with soldiers crosses river. Soldiers and tank disembark on other side. MSs, CUs, German prisoners run to board LCM. OH, prisoners in landing craft. CUs, US soldiers in landing craft enroute. (Note: There are numerous scratches throughout this reel.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities