AMERICAN RED CROSS ACTIVITIES, CALCUTTA, INDIA Part 3

Description

Signal Corps ADC 5334 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-347) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 963' ea Silent 5334 AMERICAN RED CROSS ACTIVITIES Calcutta, India (SPX-46) 22-25 Sept 45 VS, soldiers swimming and playing in the Victoria Memorial swimming pool. VS, the Cosmos Club of the Red Cross for Negro troops conducts a bicycle trip and picnic to the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. Negro soldiers riding bicycles stopping and being served refreshments by Negro Red Cross worker. VS, Red Cross girls and soldiers remove their shoes and walk thru the Jain Temple and Nakhoda Mosque. VS, the group tours the Nimtollah Burning Ghat. Soldiers watch as body is burned. VS, the group watches as motion picture is made in the Indian Movie Studios. 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