SELECTED SCENES FROM "EXERCISE SWEETBRIAR", CAMP HALE, COLORADO Part 3

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8032-1 ADC 8032 SOURCE: AFCF (Project 13,634) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH E APC MP 810 ea Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 SELECTED SCENES FROM "EXERCISE SWEETBRIAR" Camp Hale, Colorado, 30 Nov 49 Several men of the 14th Regt Combat Team Fifth Army, build a small bridge with logs. The men nail the crosspieces to the logs which rest on stream. A Weasel (M-29C), the bottom of which is painted white, moves up incline over snow. Follow shot, of the Weasel tracks as it moves by, 1 to r. Head-on shot, Weasel coming toward camera, Head-on shot, of another Weasel, not camouflaged, moving toward and then to right of camera. MLS, Weasel moving over the snow, r to 1. Camouflaged Weasel coming toward camera and rolling over logs which are placed on the ground. Group of men from the 14th RCT during ski practice. Several men coming down path on skis. Men on skis, followed by men on snowshoes, moving away from camera going towards woods. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY ERS/ew Signal Corps 111 ABUSTSN ADC 8032-2 ADC 8032 SOURCE: AFCF (Project 13,634) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 810 ea Silent RG 111 Accession III_NAV_210 SELECTED SCENES FROM "EXERCISE SWEETBRIAR" (CONT'D) Camp Hale, Colorado, 30 Nov 49 29 November MS, an officer pointing to different parts of a Weasel. Few men watching from fgo 1 December Men of the Team, equipped with snowshoes, skis, grub sacks and other equipment, marching out of Camp Hale on way to bivouac area. (Note: No snow on ground. Snow is seen on the hillside in bg of shots). 30 November Men of the 537th FA, Fifth Army, Battery "A", dressed in white parkas, manning 105mm howitzer. The gun is spotted with whitewash to blend with the snow; gun emplacement surrounded by blocks of snow. Few scenes of the men loading (simulated) & elevating howitzer. ML&MS, two men dressed in white parkas at a 50 cal machine gun. The men aim the weapon (no firing) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY ERS/ew

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities