COUNT VON LUCKNER, HALLE, GERMANY LEIPZIG, GERMANY ; BROADCAST TO CIVILIANS, LEIPZIG, GERMANY Part 1

Description

Signal Corps DC ADC 4070 070-1 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1651) Card 1 of 3: FILM: ARCH & APC MP 704' ea Silent LIB 5740 COUNT VON LUCKNER Halle, Germany 17 April 45 MSs, Count Felix Von Luckner, famous "Sea Raider", poses with Maj Gen Terry Allen, CG, 104th US Inf Div and other US officers. LIB 5742 Record Group 111 LEIPZIG, GERMANY Accession Number III-NAV-210 18 April 45 VS, soldiers of Co "G", 2nd Bn, 38th Inf Regt, 2nd Inf Div, FUSA, move into city. German civilians watch entry of troops. MCU, CU, US soldiers seated around 30 cal water-cooled MG in street. Photographed thru iron fencing, US soldiers in prone positions and with rifles at ready on street. LS, white flags fly from many of the apartment house windows. US soldiers are stationed at various intervals of the street. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps IDC 070-2 ADC 4070 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1651) Card 2 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 704' ea Silent LIB 5742 LEIPZIG, GERMANY (Cont'd) 18 Apr 45 (Cont'd) RVs, soldier at window of house is seated behind . 30 cal water-cooled MG. MLS, LS, soldiers run across small bridge over Elster River. LIB 5813 BROADCAST TO CIVILIANS Leipzig, Germany 19 Apr 1945 MSs, CUs, soldiers of military government of Leipzig broadcast to civilians from a half-ton sound truck. VS, German civilians grouped around truck listen to broadcast. CU, soldier in truck speaks into microphone. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4070 70-3 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1651) Card 3 of 3 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 704' ea Silent LIB 5820 LEIPZIG, GER MANY 19 April 1945 LS, bomb-wrecked buildings; civilians riding around streets on bicycles. CU sign on poster: "Volksturm". Head-on shots, M-4 tanks roll thru streets. LS, civilians gather around statue in town square. 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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities