Eisenhower, Patton at Feldafing; Purple Heart Awards
Creator(s)
- Lambert (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
Scope and Content
Generals Visit DP Camps, Wolfratshausen, Germany, September 17, 1945. Tracking (follow) shots, Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen George S. Patton, Jr. and Maj Gen Louis Craig, CG, XX Corps, visit Feldafing Camp. CU, five star plate on car. Yiddish sign over door. Banner over entrance: Feldafing Camp. Generals' cars enter. To 04:21:13. Award of the Purple Heart to Men of the 21st Inf Regt, Philippine Army, Luna, Northern Luzon, Philippines, November 11, 1945. Pan, group of medals on table. LSs, men of the 21st Inf Regt, Philippine Army, parade across grounds. Various CUs, MCUs, officer pins Purple Hearts to shirts of officers and enlisted men (some men are standing on crutches). LSs, regiment in formation during decoration ceremony. Various cut-ins, spectators at ceremonies. CU, Purple Heart being pinned on a shirt.
Note(s)
Duplicate footage on Film ID 901, Story 922.
Subjects
- GERMANY
- UNRRA
- EISENHOWER, DWIGHT
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- AWARDS
- SIGNS/POSTERS
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- CEREMONIES
- PATTON, GEORGE
- FELDAFING
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
- HOSPITALS
Places
- Feldafing, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.