VICTORY BRIDGE OPENING, DUISBURG, GERMANY ; RUSSIANS AND U.S. OFFICERS MEET, LINZ, AUSTRIA ; RUSSIANS ENTERING KARLSBAD, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 4633 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1789-1790) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 802' ea Silent 4633-1 LIB 6625 VICTORY BRIDGE OPENING Duisburg, Germany 12 May 45 LSs, newly constructed bridge over the Rhine River. Demolished bridge visible alongside. MSs, CU, two men working with electric torches on bridge. HSs, men assembled in front of grandstand for ceremony. MSs, Maj Gen Leonard T Gerow, CG, Fifteenth Army, speaking from platform. LSs, MSs, Maj GenCecil R Moore pinning medals on some of the engineers. (Note: Above footage is slightly underexposed.) Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4633 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1789-1790) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 802' ea Silent 4633-2 LIB 6626 RUSSIANS AND US OFFICERS MEET Linz, Austria 12 May 45 Excellent scenes, Gen George S Patton, Jr and Russian Gen Nikonor Dmitrevitch Zahwataeff, CG of the 4th Russian Guard Army, review troops. CUs, Gens Patton and Zahwataeff. MS, Russian Gen and Gen Patton standing together saluting. LS, several movie and still cameramen taking pictures. Pan from Lt Gen Walton H Walker to other general officers. (These officers are not identified in captions.) LIB 6627 Record Group 111 RUSSIANS ENTERING KARLSBAD Accession III-NAV-210 Czechoslovakia 11 May 1945 LS, Russian soldiers in horse-drawn vehicles parked along roadside and en route. Seq: Two US soldiers with four Russian soldiers shaking hands, smiling, and singing. MS, Czech girl speaking to some of the Russian soldiers. 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