SCENES AROUND VIENNA, AUSTRIA Part 1

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SIGNAL CORPS ADC 5254 SOURCE: AFCF (O-1212) FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 886' ea, Silent SCENES AROUND VIENNA, AUSTRIA 26-28 August 1945 ELS, "Kahlenberg Cafe" located on mountain-top overlooking Vienna. (looks like a castle). HL and Pan, Vienna and surrounding area as seen from the cafe. VS, people eating and drinking at out door tables. VS, Russian officers and women eating and drinking at well-spread table. LS, "Leopoldsherg", church and restaurant on mountaintop overlooking the Danube. VS, bomb damage to the church. Artist sketches damaged church. VS, Kaliseum Theater, with people waiting in line to see the first American picture. VS, civilian reading the first German-American newspaper "Wiener Kurier". Reader discusses the paper with several Viennese and an American officer. MCUs, old man and an old couple. Seq: Bulldozer and power shovel of the US 31st Engrs clearing wreckage. Women dig in rubble for wood and other things. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/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