EVACUATION OF U.S. WAR DEAD, HENRI-CHAPELLE CEMETARY; LIEGE, BELGIUM Part 3

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Signal Corps ADC 6712 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-2251) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM : Arch & APC MP 9978 ea Silent 6712-1 EVACUATION OF U S WAR DEAD Henri-Chapelle Cemetery; Liege, Belgium; Sept 47 LS, assemembly yard where workers assemble casket encasements from prefabricated sections. Workmen starting to assemble one of the outer caskets. LS, workmen bring caskets out of truck and placing them on stack. LS, cemetery in fg a Belgian laborer is digging a grave. Low angle shot from hold of barge showing the loading of caskets from crane. CU, workmen attaching hooks to the casket. CU, worker taking dog tag from corpse. Worker checking dog tag with the disinterment directive. Workmen getting into grave and picking up parts of the body which are placed into sheet. Body wrapped in a sheet is placed in wooden box. The grave-digger picking up corpse and placing it on sheet (only bones remain). CU, showing grave-digger's wooden shoes as he removes sod from top grave. CU, small American flag is set in front of cross. LS, worker coming in with pick and shovel, starting to dig one of the graves. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY FB/amf Signal Corps ADC 6712 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-2251) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM : Arch E APC MP 997 ea, Silent 6712-2 EVACUATION OF U S WAR DEAD (CONT'D) Henri-Chapelle Cemetery; Liege, Belgium; Sept 47 (Cont'd) HS, showing grave-diggers at work and laborers carrying caskets. Civilian putting disinterment directive and identification in box with body. CU, words, "US Military Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium". LS, showing thousands of crosses and Stars of David on the graves, as the grave-diggers go about their tasks. One of the workmen is placing American flags in front of some of the graves. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Pan, cemetery. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY FB/amf

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities