ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE, SOLDIERS' FIELD - NUREMBERG,GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 7977 ADC 7977 SOURCE: AFCF (ESPC-23-50) SPX-81 RG 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 730 ¥ ea Silent Accession III-NAV-210 ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE Soldiers' Field = Nuremberg, Germany - 20 May 50 Spectators in stand. Maj Gen John E Dahlquist and other officers in two jeeps trooping the line. Shots from the grandstand as the 32nd Army Band leads troops around field. Short Flash, of planes flying over. VSs, of troops of the 16th Inf Regt, lst Div. Negro Honor Guard on the march. Maj Gen Dahlquist, CG, 1st Inf Div, followed by aide, getting into reviewing stand. LS, four-engine bombers fly over. FS, Dahlquist and another general trooping the line. Officers incl Air Force & Navy trooping line in jeeps. LS, troops marching away from camera twds the concrete grandstand. (good shot) Troops, carrying rifles, wearing service caps, marching past camera. CU, same. Shots, American flag flying over top of grandstand. LS, officers and spectators in giant concrete stand. LS, Chaplain Samuel 0 Morreale, speaking. Four-engine planes flying away from camera. LS, troops with rifles marching past the grandstand. More troops, these may be from the 7810 SCU from the Nuremberg Military Post. (Long Lens Shots of troops passing the grandstand are out of focus.) These long lens shots are in focus: Troops passing the stand, followed by medics of the 15th Evacuation Hospital. MLS American flag flying from top concrete grandstand in Soldiers" Field. NOTE: According to captions Brig Gen David L Ruffner, Brig Gen Charles F Born, Brig Gen Roy V Richard appear in footage. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, N Y FB/kr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities