WAC COLD WEATHER CLOTHING TESTS, MOUNT WASHINGTON, NH Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7330 ADC 7330 SOURCE: AFCF (Project 13,416) RG 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 652' ea Silent Accession III-NAV-210 PID 1730 - WAC COLD WEATHER CLOTHING TESTS Mount Washington, N H - 2 Feb 1949 LS, several tents set up in snow. In the fg skis stuck in the snow. Seq: Two WACs getting out of tent. One of the WACs is carrying metal dishes in a tray. MS, two WACs washing dishes in the snow. MS, three WAC buttoning their parkas. WACs coming out of tent. (snowing) Girls walk to skis and snowshoes stacked in fg. Girl putting her feet in skis. Pan, two other girls doing the same. Girls moving out on skis and snowshoes. Led by a soldier, WACs move through the snow on skis and snowshoes. Girls putting on rucksacks. MS, a girl helping another girl with her rucksack. WACs walking through the snow. CU, feet of WACs walking through deep snow. MLS, girls washing mess kits in snow. Individual CUs, several WACs making up, applying lipstick, combing their hair. CU, girl's shoes. Pan, from shoes to face of WAC putting on jacket. LMCU, pots are put on portable stove; one to heat can of rations, another to melt snow. MLS, WACs around portable stove. ML, over shoulder of girl as she opens can of cherries. MLS, group of girls around stove; some are eating. L&MSs, three WACs getting into sleeping bags and buttoning up. MS, another girl getting into sleeping bag and covering up. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY It is snowing ERBS/10

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities