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MILAN, ITALY Part 1
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Signal Corps ADC 4314 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1159) ADC FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 978' Silent 4314 MILAN, ITALY 30 April - 1 May 1945 CU, sign on front of Hotel Zurin: "German Commandant." vs, surrendered German garrison loading guns and equipment into their own trucks. MS, German soldiers loading into trucks. VS, German truck convoy carrying surrendered weapons and troops leaving the front of Hotel Zurin escorted by American halftracks. VS, crowd of Italian civilians watching departure of German troops. MSs, German convoy driving thru streets. MSs, convoy of M-24 tanks entering city. Seq: May Day parade and celebration by Partisans and Communists. CUs, liberation posters on bulletin board of La Seda Opera House. LS, Milan Cathedral. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY MS/dk
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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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