INFANTRY CROSSES KOCHER RIVER, MOLINGEN SECTION (?), GERMANY ; 155MM HOWITZER SUPPORTING FIRE, SANGERHAUSEN, GERMANY Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 3955 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1612-1613) Card 1 of 2 3955-FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 604' ea Silent INFANTRY CROSSES KOCHER RIVER Molingen Section (?), Germany 13 April 1945 - Lib 5463 Seq: Soldiers of 3rd Bn, 253rd Inf Regt, 63rd Div, cross the Kocher River in assault boats. Soldiers get out of boats and head across. open fields. MSs, soldiers in assault boat paddle past blown-up portion of the bridge. CU road sign: "Molingen - 3 km. 11 Short scene, US soldiers in split file head toward camera. Over-shoulder shot, machine gunner at top of hill covers crossing of US soldiers in assault boats. CUs, soldiers in assault boats. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps ADC 3955 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1612-1613) Card 2 of 2 955-2FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 604' ea Silent 155MM HOW SUPPORTING FIRE Sangerhausen, Germany 12 April 1945 LIB 5464 HSs, elements of 3rd Armd Div, 104th (Timberwolf) Regt roll thru town. MSs, CUs, wounded German officers and enlisted men seated outside of Red Cross bldg watch as US Army enters city. MSs, "A" Battery, 183rd Field Artillery Bn, personnel carriers towing 155mm HOWS, followed by trucks and other vehicles entering the town. Short scene, officers grouped around communications jeep. Excellent scenes, loading and firing of 155mm HOW. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC I, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities