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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (BREMEN), ETC

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (BREMEN), ETC

Part 1 (SFR only): Staff officers discuss redeployment operations at Bremen, Germany. A German plane is inspected. German General von Kleist and General Dittmar are captured. German political prisoners are freed in Italy. Shows landmarks and wreckage in Berlin (May 3) and scenes of Russian occupation forces. Part 1 (CB Reel 1; SFR Part 2, Reel 2): General Montgomery reads the German surrender of Western troops at Luneberg, Germany (May 4). Admiral Friedeburg, Admiral Wagner, General Kinzel, General Poleck, and General Friedel sign the terms. The final surrender is signed at Reims, France on May 7 by General W.B. Smith, German General Jodl, General Sevez, and Russian General Sousloparov. General Eisenhower poses with General Tedder and announces the surrender. The ratification of surrender is signed on May 8 at Berlin by German General Keitel, Russian General Zhukov, General Tedder, French General de Lattre-Tassigny, and General Spaatz. Part 2 (CB only, Reel 2): General R.C. Richardson speaks on the German surrender. Part 3 (Reel 3, SFR only; duplicated in CB 57, part 5): Describes and demonstrates the T-66 rocket launcher and the 4.5 inch rocket. Part 3 (SFR Part 4): Indian infantry and paratroops travel to and capture Rangoon, Burma without opposition. Part 5 (SFR only; duplicated in CB 56, Part 6): The 129th Regiment advances toward and (Reel 4) shells Baguio on Luzon Island, P.I. A Japanese soldier is captured with a concealed grenade. Planes and 37th Division artillery and tanks shell the city. The 33rd and 37th Divisions enter rubbled Baguio (April 27). Part 4 (CB only): A fighter plane base on Iwo Jima is built and used. P-51's down enemy planes and escort a B-29 raid on Tokyo. Damaged bombers land and are repaired. Part 6 (CB Part 5, Reel 3): Describes captured Japanese weapons: field gun, anti-tank rifle, mortars, and rockets. Part 6 (SFR Part 7): The carrier "Franklin" is bombed. Shows many scenes of damage, fire fighting, and rescue work. The carriers arrives at Pearl Harbor and New York Harbor.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (BREMEN) [ETC.]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Special Film Reports. 1944 - 1945. ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (BREMEN) [ETC.]

Part 1 (SFR only), staff officers discuss redeployment operations at Bremen, Ger.; a Ger. jet plane is inspected; Ger. Gens. von Kleist and Dittmar are captured; and Ger. political prisoners are freed in Italy. Shows landmarks and wreckage in Berlin (May 3) and scenes of Russian occupation forces. Part 2 (Reel 2; CB part 1, reel 1), Gen. Montgomery reads the German surrender of Western troops at Luneberg, Ger. (May 4). Adms. Friedeburg and Wagner and Gens. Kinzel, Poleck and Friedel sign the terms. The final surrender is signed at Reims, Fr., on May 7 by Gen. W.B. Smith, Ger. Gen. Jodl, Fr. Gen. Sevez, and Russ. Gen. Sousloparov. Gen. Eisenhower poses with Gen. Tedder and announces the surrender. The ratification of surrender is signed on May 8 at Berlin by Ger. Gen. Keitel, Russ. Gen. Zhukov, Gen. Tedder, Fr. Gen. de Lattre-Tassigny, and Gen. Spaatz. Part 2 (CB only, reel 2), Gen. R.C. Richardson speaks on the German surrender. Part 3 (Reel 3, SFR only; duplicated in CB 57, part 5) describes and demonstrates the T-66 rocket launcher and the 4.5-inch rocket. Part 4 (CB part 3), Indian inf. and paratroops travel to and capture Rangoon, Burma, without opposition. Part 5 (SFR only; duplicated in CB 56, part 6), the 129th Reg't advances toward and (Reel 4) shells Baguio on Luzon Is., P.I. A Japanese soldier is captured with a concealed grenade. Planes and 37th Div. artil. and tanks shell the city. The 33rd and 37th Divs. enter rubbled Baguio (Apr. 27). Part 4 (CB only), a fighter plane base on Iwo Jima is built and used. P-51's down enemy planes and escort a B-29 raid on Tokyo. Damaged bombers land and are repaired. Part 6 (CB part 5, reel 3) describes captured Japanese weapons: field gun, antitank rifle, mortars, and rockets. Part 7 (CB part 6), the carrier Franklin is bombed. Shows many scenes of damage, fire fighting, and rescue work. The carrier arrives at Pearl Harbor and New York Harbor.

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