MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA ; EXECUTION OF SPIES NEAR BRUNSWICK, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4656 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1792-1793) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 926' ea Silent Record Group 111 ADC Accession III-NAV-210 4656 LIB 6883 MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Innsbruck, Austria 30 May 1945 Seq: Jewish field service held in front of building. Men of the 103rd Inf Div attend. CU, Cantor Pfc Melvín Kass singing during services. Seq: Catholic Mass held in field for 103rd Div. Civilians also attend ceremony to honor the military dead. CUs, Catholic choir of Innsbruck singing. MSs, three soldiers fire rifle salute over flag draped casket. Seq: Three Army Chaplains officiating at Requiem Mass. LS, priest blessing coffin. LIB 6886 EXECUTION OF SPIES Near Brunswick, Germany 1 June 1945 Seq: Two Nazi spies, 16 and 17 years of age, are executed by firing squads of the Ninth Army Military Police. Scenes show the spies being tied to post, being shot, and examined to see if they are dead. Each spy is dealt with separately. A closed coffin of one is carried away from scene of execution. AV PICT L 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