7TH ARMORED DRIVES INTO RHUR POCKET, WESTFELD (?), GERMANY ; TASK FORCE BEATY, NEAR SALWEY (?), GERMANY ; ROAD TO BERLIN, DEDELEBEN (?), AND GR OLTERSTEBEN (?), GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC ADC 3995 5995-1 SOURCE: AFCF (M Codes) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 719' ea Silent LIB 5525 7TH ARMD DIV DRIVES INTO RHUR POCKET Westenfeld (?) Germany 12 Apr 1945 (M-1628) MS, vehicles halted on road leading to Westenfeld; soldiers hug side of ditch as shellfire hits edge of road. VS, M-4 tanks rush thru burning village. HSs, double line of infantrymen from the 48th Armd Div and column of M-4 tanks moving along road into town. LIB 5526 TASK FORCE BEATY Near Salwey (?) Germany 11 Apr 45 (M-1628) LS, tank mounted with 90MM gun fires twd German vehicles moving in distance. LS, shells explode in distance. VS, split column of infantrymen move up hillside, along narrow, rutted road and thru forest area. HLS, infantrymen in bg move across open field; cows graze in fg. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. LIC 1. NY ERBS/es Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 3995 995-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 719' ea Silent LIB 5526 TASK FORCE BEATY (Cont'd) Near Salwey (?), Germany 11 Apr 45 (M-1628) (Cont'd) Short scene, infantrymen followed by armored vehicles advance along dirt road past road sign: "Schlipruthen." 11 MSs, few civilians with bundles and household goods in field outside of town. LIB 5578 ROAD TO BERLIN 7 Dedeleben (?) and Gr Oltersteben (?) Germany 14 Apr 45 (M-1629-1630) LSs, MSs, CU, soldier gets out of jeep and nails sign to bldg. CU, sign: "Berlin 100 mi". LSs, few vehicles of the 2nd Armd Div roll through the streets passing sign. CU, pretty Polish girl waves to passing vehicles. Record Group 111 Accession Number 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities