FORMAL OPENING OF WESEL RR BRIDGE, GERMANY ; STREET FIGHTING, TANGERMUNDE, GERMANY ; PRISONERS PUSH VEHICLES, REHUNGEN (?), GERMANY ; SURRENDER TERMS, BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 3968 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 1 of 3 3968-1 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1038' ea Silent LIB 5482 FORMAL OPENING OF WESEL RR BRIDGE Germany 11 Apr 45 (M-1629-1630) LS, railroad bridge constructed across the Rhine River by 1056th Engineers. CU, dedication sign. Seq: Dedication ceremonies attended by Gen Ewart G Plank, CO, AFCZ; Gen lee (?), Maj Gen Frank S Ross, Gen Charles L Burpee of Transportation Corps and Gen George D Moore of Engineers. CUs, Gens Moore and Lee cut ribbon to formally open the bridge. MSs, Gens on flatcar which is pushed across the bridge by diesel engine. (Note: The greater portion of this story is underexposed.) Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps 111 ADC 3968 3968-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 2 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1038' ea Silent LIB 5494 STREET FIGHTING Tangermunde, Germany 12 Apr 45 (M-1629-1630) MS, LS, medium M-4 tank in stationary position on railroad tracks firing its big gun. LS, infantrymen and tanks moving slowly up street. MSs, US medics taking wounded man out of tank and dressing his wound while atop tank. (Action incomplete. 1 RVs, tanks and infantrymen cautiously move on street past large bomb crater. LIB 5495 PRISONERS PUSH VEHICLES Rehungen (?) Germany 11 Apr 45 (M-1629-1630) CUs, LSs, German prisoners help to push US vehicles up muddy hill. LSs, MSs, infantrymen of the 9th Regt, 2nd Div, advancing through wooded region. NOTE: ( The greater portion of this story is underexposed. ) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY Record Group 111 ERBS/e Accession Number III-NAV-21Q Signal Corps 111 ADC 3968 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 3 of 3 3968-3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1038' ea Silent LIB 5410 SURRENDER TERMS Braunschweig, Germany 10 Apr 45 (M-1601-1605) Ints, Maj Gen Leland S Hobbs and Brig Gen William S Harrison discuss surrender terms with German Lt Gen Veith and staff. Exts, US and German surrender parties meet in front of hotel. Exts, LSs, German Gen's car flying white flag drives along road on opposite bank of canal. Note: The greater portion of this story is underexposed. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities