TAKING OF VICENZA, ITALY ; PROMOTION OF MAJ. GEN. WALTON H. WALKER, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4158 SOURCE: AFCF Card 1 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 612' ea Silent 4158-1 TAKING OF VICENZA Italy 28 Apr 45 (0-1157) Various MCUs, infantrymen of the 88th Div, 351st Regt, resting and sleeping on streets. Head-on shot, tank rolls thru street. Short scene, soldier drops supplies from bldg window to civilians on street. Seq: Partisans advance along street in search of snipers. LS, smoke rises from shell hits as they strike building. Seq: Soldiers and partisans fire at house where sniper is hidden. MS, soldier fire BAR and M-1 rifles from behind corner of bldg. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4158 SOURCE: AFCF Card 2 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 612' ea Silent 4158-2 LIB 6033 PROMOTION OF MAJ GEN WALTON H WALKER Germany, 27 Apr 45 (M-1689) CU, 3-star plaque is attached to jeep. MLS, Pan, band and Honor Guard saluting. MSs, CUs, Pan, presentation ceremony for the promotion of Maj Gen Walton H Walker, CG, XX Corps, to Lt Gen. In attendance are: Lt Gen George S Patton, Jr, Brig Gen William A Collier and Maj Gen Horace L Mc Bride. Gen Walker troops line, salutes Gen Patton and shakes hands with other officers. MCU, Gens in jeeps leave area. (Note: Gen Patton's pistol is visible.) 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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities