INFANTRY AND CORRESPONDENTS NEAR ZEITZ, GERMANY ; WISBORN (?), GERMANY ; CAPTURED TOWN, REMDA, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3991 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1628) Card I of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 803' ea Silent Record Group 111 3991-1 Accession III-NAV-210 LIB 5521 INFANTRY AND CORRESPONDENTS Near Zeitz, Germany 13 Apr 1945 LS, Pan, infantrymen and halftrack vehicles of the 6th Armd Div deployed in open field. Seq: Group of liberated US prisoners in Grunau rushing up to a "Yank" Correspondent as he gets out of jeep. The correspondent gives several "Yank" magazines to the men. Pan, released prisoners reading the magazines. CU, three prisoners reading "Yank." LIB 5522 WISBORN (?) GERMANY 13 Apr 1945 CU, dead German soldier lying beside motorcycle. MSs, RVs, troops of the 8th Inf Div move along road. Excellent head~on shots thru window of troops moving past house. MSs, RVs, infantrymen pass halted tank. Short scene, P-47 dive bombing German position. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 3991 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1628) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 803' ea Silent 3991 2 LIB 5522 WISBORN (?) GERMANY (Cont'd) 13 April 1945 (Cont'd) Rear views, US soldiers inside house observing artillery fire. Excellent scene, infantry advances across open field. LSs, MSs, German soldiers carrying white flags cross field toward camera. MS, burning German tank. Pan to bits of German uniform hanging in a nearby tree. LIB 5523 CAPTURED TOWN Remda, Germany 13 Apr 1945 MSs, civilians with white flag talk to soldiers in woods. MSs, CUs, M-4 tanks of the 735t h Armd Div carrying 87th Div infantrymen move thru wrecked, burning town and along highway. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities