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

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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 (KIEL) [ETC.]

1945

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/36155

Part 1 shows sunken Ger. ships in the Kiel (Ger.) Harbor; the Europa at Bremerhaven, Ger.; a midget Ger. submarine at Copenhagen, Den.; and scenes of the Belsen Concentration Camp. Displaced persons are fed and treated; POW's remove dead DP's; buildings are burned to fight disease. Part 2 shows the use of a rocket booster to speed falling bombs. Part 3 shows camouflaged Ger. pillboxes in Cortina, It. Part 4 (CB only), Italians learn land mine removal and clear their farms. Part 4 (SFR only) describes the LCS(L)3 and demonstrates its fire power. Part 5 (CB only) duplicates SFR 55, part 3. Part 5 (SFR only), B-24's drop radio-controlled azon bombs on Thailand and (Reel 2) the Palau Islands. Shows close-ups of a plane suffering a direct hit. Part 6 (CB only), a jungle rescue team treats a pilot in Burma, clears a helicopter landing area, and evacuates the flyer. Part 6 (CB part 7, reel 3), in the Philippines, Nimitz and MacArthur meet in Manila (May 15); Gen. Kenney meets Mexican pilots. Shows many scenes of captured Japanese airplanes (SFR part 7). Part 8, Naha, Okinawa, is shelled and 6th Marines capture Sugar Loaf Hill and the city. Troops and tanks attack caves and pillboxes with various weapons and explosives. Artillery and planes bombard positions. Shows Gen. Gieger.

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