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EARLY MORNING PATROL (B CO 3RD PLATOON, 406TH REGIMENT, 102TH INFANTRY DIVISION), KLOTZ, GERMANY ; 1056TH ENGINEERS COMPLETE WESEL BRIDGE, GERMANY ; SUICIDES AT LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; "MURDER INC", ATROCITY, GARDELEGEN, GERMANY Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 4051 051-1 SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 1 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1063' ea Silent LIB 5822 EARLY MORNING PATROL (B Co, 3rd Plat, 406th Regt, 102th Inf Div) Klotze, Germany 20 Apr 45 (M-1645-1648) MSs, CUs, two soldiers with blackened faces in wooded area. CUs, soldier writes message he receives over walkie-talkie. Excellent scenes, patrol moving thru thickly wooded area and across open field. MSs, CUs, patrol members speak to German farmers who are at work in field. Follow shots, farmer leads patrol thru orchard to farmhouse and barn. LIB 5823 1056 TH ENGINEERS COMPLETE WESELBRIDGE Germany, 20 Apr 45 (M-1645-48) LS, completed bridge over Rhine River. VS, dukw transports logs to pile driver located in middle of river. CUs, pile driver operator at work. Record Group 111 LSs, pile driver in operation. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4051 51-2 SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 2 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1063' ea Silent LIB 5865 SUICIDES AT LEIPZIG Germany 20 Apr 45 (M-1657) Ints, suicide victims lie in City Hall office bldg. The victims include The Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter and two German Volksturm officers. CU, vial which contained poison. CUs, two German officers. CU, armband on sleeve of one corpse. VS, Leipzig Rathaus. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 4051 051-3 SOURCE: AFCF (M-Codes) Card 3 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1063' ea Silent LIB 5866 "MURDER INC" ATROCITY Gardelegen, Germany 21 Apr 45 (M-1657) Seq: Male civilians gather at City Hall where they are given instructions to dig graves for burial of atrocity victims. Full screen view, male civilians carrying shovels are marched to scene of disinterment. VS, male civilians disinter bodies of the victims. MSs, CUs, placing bodies on ground for identification purposes. CU, face of corpse. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 (Note: This story ties in with ADCs 4052 and 4059) 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

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1947–1964
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