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US Army History: Pentomic 101st (101st Airborne Division R3 of 3

Reel Number: H1872-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1956

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 02:17:26

TC Ends: 02:24:50

Duration: 00:07:24

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk US Army History: Pentomic 101st (101st Airborne Division R3 of 3 WWII captured German prisoners at gunpoint, snow on ground. CUs. Generals in front of sign: Bastogne; toops marching up street of large town; German POWs marched along road; Allied tanks along road, trucks thru wrecked city. 02:18:38 Motorized column entering Berchtesgaden on Bahnhofstrasse ; decorative painted walls. Silhouetted soldiers out Eagle’s Nest looking at Alps, View down valley. 02:19:07 Return to veteran at Mar56 Reorganization Day Ceremonies listening to Army Chief of Staff General Maxwell Taylor speech at microphones continuing. Men listening. 02:20:06 Men & guests on reviewing stand; Eleven 101st paratroops gathering parachutes & simulating attack on bridge, enemy forces beside bridge. Explosives set off, troops advance, place charges under bridge & run. Large explosions. Squad retreating & into small light planes on road pick them up & take off over camera. 02:22:35 Marching band playing for marching infantry past reviewing stand, light planes overhead. 02:23:30 Superimposition of Airborne logo of eagle. 02:23:44 Sgt Stewart Queen, SOF “...101st Airborne Division is streamlined...” 02:24:18 End credits. WW2; Unit History; Military Documentary; Recruiting Propaganda; Fighting; Battles; NOTE: Mar56 Reorganization Day Ceremonies as 101st AB Division became Army’s first potential nuclear equipped, long range fire brigade. Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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