PRESIDENT TRUMAN, ANTWERP, BELGIUM Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4947 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1872-2AR-1) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 723 ea Silent 4947-1 PRESIDENT TRUMAN Antwerp, Belgium 15 July 1945 (LIB 7179-7180) vs, line of cars driving into pier area. VS, Pres Harry Truman, Sec James F Byrnes, and a Mr Hines leave the USS AUGUSTA at Antwerp and drive thru streets. VS, Pres Truman, Byrnes, and Hines are greeted at Brussels airport by Gen Eisenhower and other high-ranking officials. vs, officials greeting each other. Truman shaking hands with officers of the 137th Regt, 35th Div. VS, Truman walks up steps to plane, turns and waves his hat. vs, plane taxiing along strip and taking off. VS, USS AUGUSTA comes into pier. Record Group 111 VS, officials at pier await Truman's arrival. Accession III-NAV-210 MCU, Admiral Wm D Leahy and Harold R Stark chat. (Note: Brig Gen Harry H Vaughan, Asst to the Pres, appears in several scenes. ) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/es Signal Corps ADC 4947 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1872-2AR-1) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 723 ea Silent 4947-2 PRESIDENT TRUMAN (Cont'd) Antwerp, Belgium 15 July 1945 (LIB 7179-7180) (Cont'd) MS, Truman, Byrnes, and Hines enter open car at pier. MS, Truman and Eisenhower chat at pier and again at airport. VS, Truman shaking hands and talking to officials at airport. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 (Note: Brig Gen Harry H Vaughan, Asst to the Pres, appears in several scenes.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities