14TH ARMORED DRIVE, MUNNERSTADT, GERMANY ; STREET FIGHTING, SIEGBURG, GERMANY ; 7TH ARMORED DIVISION, ODINGEN (?), GERMANY Part 2

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3942 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1591) Card 1 of 2 DC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 968' ea Silent 942-1 14TH ARMORED DRIVE Munnerstadt, Germany - 8 Apr 1945 - LIB 5315 Head-on shots, three soldiers of the 19th Armd Div climbing over burning ruins as they enter town. MS, an American soldier with a rifle and another playing an accord- ion lead German prisoners thru the streets. MSs, CUs, enli sted men of 14th Armd Div attend Catholic services. MLS, vehicles of 14th Armd Div halted in field. Pan to members of Bn at Catholic services. Head-on shots, RVs, three soldiers advance thru ruins in city. STREET FIGHTING Siegburg, Germany - 10 Apr 1945 - LIB 5305 Head-on shots, 97th Inf Div troops walk in split files in the streets. MLS, 60mm mortar crew fires one round. MSs, LS, civilians sweep streets, (Not much rubble visible.) CU, sign in railroad station: "Siegburg." Record Group 111 Pan, three soldiers lying on their stomachs in street. Accession Number III-NAV-210 MLS, soldier hidden behind entrance to house, watches for snipers. Ints, U.S. soldier in house fires rifle from window. LS, high point of ground in center of town on which cathedral and hospital are located. These positions were used as OPs by the German snipers. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps Ill ADC 3942 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1591) Card 2 of 2 942-FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 968' ea Silent 7TH ARMORED DIV Odingen (?) Germany - 10 Apr 1945 - LIB 5307 LS, MS, tank moving into position on street. RVs, infantrymen of 99th Inf Div push thru town past burning bldgs and debris. Tank destroyer (M-10 motor carriage) halted at corner near church. MS, infantrymen of armored division are silhouetted as they go over high point of territory. LS, burning buildings. CU, German rifle lying in stream. LS, MS, German civilians with their belongings in yard in front of bldg. LS, infantrymen atop tank as it enters town. LSs to MSs, burning US tank in backyard of home; clothes on line in fg. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities