TAKING OF LINZ, AUSTRIA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4619 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1758-1759) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 734' ea Composite (Standard Track) Record Group 111 4619 Accession III-NAV-210 LIB 6345 TAKING OF LINZ, AUSTRIA 5 May 45 MSs, CU, 41st Cav, 11th Armd Div soldiers in jeep are interviewed by Army photographer. These men were the first US soldiers to enter Linz. A Lt describes the action saying that "they have been pushing the German soldiers back for quite some time now. 11 MSs, two soldiers dancing in street as soldier in bg plays an accordion. CU, enlisted man playing accordion. (Scratched) MLS, column of prisoners carrying baggage marches thru streets as US soldiers watch. MSs, M-4 tanks carrying 26th Inf Div soldiers pass waving civilians. MSs, CU, Brig Gen Holmes Dager and Brig Gen Willard Holbrook are interviewed in regard to the taking of Linz. The two officers stand beside a tank during the the interview. Seq: Soldiers of the 11th Armd Div talk to a Hungarian Jew, prisoner of the Germans, who tells of his hardships in a prison camp. (The sound in this sequence is NG). ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities