US 11TH ARMORED DIV ENTERS LINZ, AUSTRIA ; SOLDIERS SURRENDER, BISCHOFSREUT (?), GERMANY ; PRISONERS CLEAN STREET, BRAUNAU, AUSTRIA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 4358 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1738-1739) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 498' ea Silent 4358-1 LIB 6351 US 11TH ARMORED DIV ENTERS LINZ Austria 5 May 45 VS, M-4 tanks and other vehicles crossing bridge, and moving thru streets. CUs, liberated slave laborers and prisoners of war in streets cheering US troops. CUs, group of liberated civilians with banner: "TITO". MCU, US soldier removing demolition charges from beneath bridge. MSs, Brig Gen Willard Holbrook of CCA, 11th Armd Div, Third US Army, and officers in Adolf Hitler Square. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 LIB 6353 SOLDIERS SURRENDER Bischofsreut (?), Germany 5 May 45 Excellent scenes, small group of German soldiers, waving white flag, comes out of woods and surrenders to US soldiers. Short scene, US soldiers standing with Brig Gen Harold Vanderveer and watching German soldiers approach. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk Signal Corps ADC 4358 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1738-1739) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 498° ea Silent 4358-2 LIB 6353 PRISONERS CLEAN STREET Braunau, Austria 4 May 45 vs, German prisoners sweep the streets in front of the 80th Inf Div CP. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities