LAST OF THE GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERS, ENNS, AUSTRIA ; 101ST AIRBORNE DIV, MIESBACH, GERMANY ; MEXICAN GENERALS VISIT, AUGSBURG, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4458 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1747-1748) Card 1 of 3 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1087' ea Silent 4458-1 B-1195 LAST OF THE GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERS Enns, Austria 8 May 45 Excellent scenes, convoy of German vehicles of all types moving along road after surrender to the 65th Div, Third US Army. MSs, soldiers and civilians salvaging contents of overturned truck. CUs, Lt Gen Walton H Walker talking to a group of Russian officers. MCUs, Gen Walker pins decorations on Russian officers. Seq: Russian soldiers cross bridge and meet elements of the 65th Div. B-1235 101ST AIRBORNE DIV Miesbach, Germany 9 May 45 Short scenes, Under Secretary of War Robert L Patterson and Lt Gen Alexander M Patch, CG, Seventh US Army arrive at hotel. Jeeps bearing other high-ranking US officers arrive at hotel. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 4458 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1747-1748) Card 2 of 3 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1087' ea Silent 4458-2 B-1235 101ST AIRBORNE DIV (Cont'd) Miesbach, Germany 9 May 45 (Cont'd) LSs, Berchtesgaden hotel, CP of the 101st ABN Div. MLSs, bldg with "Schwenterwit" over doorway. Bldg is where German SS Corps representatives gathered for surrender conference. Exts, Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor, Maj Gen Max Simon, Administrative Officer of the XIII Corps, and German officers leaving HQ in Schwenst after surrender conference. CU sign "Dorf Schwendt". MCU, German SS Corps Commander Gottliebe Berger with US Col Paul J Donany in mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden. MSs, German commander and US officers looking at maps. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NYRecord Group 111ERBS/es Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 4458 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1747-1748) Card 3 of 3 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 1087' ea Silent ADC 4458-33 B-1240 MEXICAN GENERALS VISIT Augsburg, Germany 10 May 45 Seq: Lt GenAlexander M Patch accompanied by Mexican Lt Gen Eulogio Ortez, Maj Gen Jose Beltran and Brig Gen Ramon Rodriguez review and inspect detachment of US soldiers. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities