US Army on Patrol
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Patrols of the 83rd Division, Houstenbeck to Bad Lippsringe, Germany, April 6-7, 1945. US Army soldiers/tanks at rest in a village. Rainy. MSs tanks loaded with soldiers moving through town; soldiers waving. Soldiers examine burning enemy plane in a field (plane shot down). MSs and CUs faces of troops of the 331st Regiment, 83rd Division, atop M-24s and M-18s. Tanks move out. MSs soldiers on foot in town; marching toward tanks; mounting tanks.
Subjects
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- CREMATORIA
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- GERMANS
- CORPSES
- AIRPLANES
- LIBERATION
- SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- VILLAGES
- OHRDRUF
- ATROCITIES
- GERMANY
- TANKS
- STARVATION
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- CIVILIANS
Places
- Bad Lippspringe, Germany
- Ohrdruf, Germany
- Houstenbeck, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film