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SURRENDER BAD-REICHENHALL, GERMANY ; BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES, 19TH GERMANY GROUP HEADQUARTERS, LANDECK, AUSTRIA ; GERMAN PRISONERS, AUTOBAHN SUPER HIGHWAY, GERMANY ; GI CELEBRATES WAR'S END AT BERCHTESGADEN, GERMANY ; AUGSBURG, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4369 L11 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1740) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, 875' Silent +369-1 SURRENDER Bad-Reichenhall, Germany 5 May 1945 (LIB 6405) VS, crowd of German prisoners in village street. HS, prisoners loading into trucks. VS, truckloads of prisoners in village square. Snow-covered mountains in bg. BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES 19th Germany Group Headquarters, Landeck, Austria 6 May 1945 (LIB 6406) VS, German soldiers around HQ walking along road, resting, talking. MSs, German General Fisher Von Weikersthahl reporting results of surrender conference to his superior officer. MS, 1/4 ton trucks bringing Gen Von Weikersthahl thru German occupied village to 19th HQ. MSs, German soldiers unloading rifles, helmets and equipment from trucks and piling them beside road. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es Record Group 111 Signal Corps ADC 4369 111 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1740) Card 2 of 2 4369-2 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP 875' Silent GERMAN PRISONERS Autobahn Super Highway Germany 6 May 1945 (LIB 6407) VS, endless column of German prisoners marching along autobahn after their surrender. GI CELEBRATES WAR'S END AT BERCHTESGADEN, GERMANY 6 May 1945 (LIB 6408) MSs, CUs, American soldier seated at desk in front of Hitler's chateau, drinking champagne from bottle and writing letter. AUGSBURG, GERMANY Record Group 111 7 May 1945 (LIB 6409) Accession III-NAV-210 MSs, Polish GenBor walking with other officrs at 103d Div HQ. CU, Lt John G Winant, son of American Ambassador to Britain. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1947–1964
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