YANKS TAKE OVER, LORIENT, FRANCE Part 2
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Signal Corps ADC 4320 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M=1721) ADC FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 631' Silent 4320 YANKS TAKE OVER Lorient, France; 10 May 1945 (B-1206) LS, 1/4 ton truck passing two German soldiers in wrecked street. MSs, CUs, American and German soldiers talking, laughing, exchanging hats and helmets. LS, pan, massed German guns, vehicles and equipment in depot, after surrender. Seq: American soldiers in trucks, crossing bridge and entering town. Civilians cheering and throwing flowers to troops. Seq: American and French soldiers in formation at formal surrender ceremony. Unidentified American and French Generals meeting with German General. German General hands pistol to American General. 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