EXERCISE HARVEST (JOINT MANEUVERS, FTX-49), GRAFENWOHR AREA, GERMANY ; RELEASE OF ALLIED CONTROL TO GERMANS, SPX-76, HOTEL PETERSBURG, KONIGSWINTER, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7680-1 ADC 7680 SOURCE: AFCF (ESPC Codes) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 635' ea Silent EXERCISE HARVEST (JOINT MANEUVERS, FTX-49) Grafenwohr Area, Germany - Sept '49 (ESPC 43-49) - SPX-74 LS, troops jumping from atop two M=26 tanks as planes strafe them. Soldiers fall to ground as planes fly over very low. Tank standing close to two wrecked houses, plane flies over; tank goes through one of the walls. CU, soldier talking on handy-talkie (transceiver). RELEASE OF ALLIED CONTROL TO GERMANS, SPX-76 Hotel Petersberg, Konigswinter, Germany 21 Sept '49 - (ESPC 47-49) RBS/nsr MS, Sir Brian Robertson, Andre Francois Poncet, John J McCloy signing documents. MS, Poncet talking to McCloy during signing. CU, Sir Brian Robertson, signing. CU, Poncet. RG 111 CU, McCloy after the signing. Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/nsr Signal Corps 111 ADC 7680-2 ADC 7680 SOURCE: AFCF (ESPC Codes) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 635° ea Silent RELEASE OF ALLIED CONTROL TO GERMANS, SPX-76 (cont'd) Hotel Petersberg, Konigswinter, Germany (cont'd) 21 Sept $49 a (ESPC 47-49) (cont'd) MS, three High Commissioners directly after the signing, chatting. High Commissioners standing in reception hall. MLS, over shoulder of Mr McCloy as Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor, reads document. LS, Adenauer reading document to High Commissioner. CU, Robertson, CU, Poncet. CU, McCloy. Additional scenes, High Commissioners signing document. LSs, McCloy, Poncet, Robertson, Adenauer arriving at the hotel. MS, Mr McCloy, Adenauer, Robertson, Poncet at reception. CU, Mr McCloy chatting with some people. CU, Maj Gen Hayes. MS, Mr Morgan, financial adviser to McCloy. The occasion was the signing of the Occupation Statute which in effect turns most of the control of Germany over to the Germans. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/nsr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities