89TH DIVISION ENTERS ARNSTADT, GERMANY ; INFANTRY ADVANCE TO RUHR RIVER, BOCHUM, GERMANY ; ATTACK FOR TOWN, BAMBERG, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3960 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1612-1613) Card 1 of 2 960-1FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 882' ea Silent LIB 5447 wed 89TH DIV ENTERS ARNSTADT Germany - 10 April 1945 Excellent scenes, elements of 89th Inf Div enter city after terrific artillery barrage. In the bg fires engulf houses. Seq: Soldier batters down door of house and enters; another rushes in behind him. LS, Pan, burning houses in city. RV, split file of infantrymen move along road. Four medics in fg lie in ditch alongside of road. LIB 5448 - INFANTRY ADVANCE TO RUHR RIVER Bochum, Germany - 12 April 1945 Seq: Civilians help soldiers of "D" Co, 134th Inf Regt, 35th Div, remove roadblocks in Linden. Civilian looters enter bldg and carry out butter. RVs, infantrymen entering town. Ints from behind machine gunner as he fires 30 cal MG from window. LS, MS, wrecked German fighter plane in open field. Record Group 111 CU, wrecked German 88mm gun. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps ADC 3960 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1612-1613) Card 2 of 2 60-2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 882' ea Silent LIB 5610 - ATTACK FOR TOWN Bamberg, Germany - 13 April 45 LS, Pan, shelled and burning bldgs in city. CU sign: "Bamberg. LS, roof and second story of house in flames. In fg is road sign: "Bamberg". Cut to MS, same house as large number of German soldiers exit and surrender to troops of 3rd Bn, 180th Regt, 45th Div. CUs to MLSs, US tank halted at roadblock. LS, house in flames. Cut to tank in fg firing gun directly at houses. MS from behind screened fence, American soldier fires rifle and then runs for cover. LS, tankdozer clears roadblock. Tanks pass thru and advance along street. Follow shot, tanks and infantrymen advance along street. In bg houses are in flames. MCU, US tank fires gun. Cut to roadblock ahead of tank. CUs, tankdozer knocking down roadblock. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities