RUSSIANS OCCUPY THURINGIA, GOTHA AND NORTH OF COBURG - GERMANY ; WAC DETACHMENT HQ, BERLIN, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4920 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1868) Card 1 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 878' ea Silent 4920-1 LIB 7163 - RUSSIANS OCCUPY THURINGIA Gotha and North of Coburg - Germany 5 July 1945 VS, Russian troops on horse-drawn vehicles move into city of Gotha. MS, civilians watch Russian soldiers move into area. CU sign, "Erfurt, 25-km". MCU, banner stretched across street, "We Welcome Our Liberators". The banner is written in German and Russian. MSs, three Russian soldiers standing at roadblock north of Coburg. VS, squad of Russian road guards stand around their tank at side of road. CU, mustached Russian soldier lighting cigarette. MS, US soldier checks pass of civilians. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 4920 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1868) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 878' ea Silent 4920-2 LIB 7164 - WAC DETACHMENT HQ Berlin, Germany 6-7 July 1945 VS, convoy of WACs arrives at billets. Seq: WACs get out of trucks and assemble in groups. The women carry their personal belongings into barracks bldg. Follow shots, several WACs walking thru b mb-wrecked streets. LS, partially wrecked Brandenburg Gate. wac speaks to a Russian WAC who is directing traffic at intersection. VS, WACs accompanied by a Russian soldier walk into the wrecked Reichschancellery building. Ints, wrecked Reichschancellery. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities