WWII - 1944, Belgium: Paymaster, 36th Div. 19Dec44; 2nd Bn, AB Take Cheneux, Belgium 22Dec44

WWII - 1944, Belgium: Paymaster, 36th Div. 19Dec44; 2nd Bn, AB Take Cheneux, Belgium 22Dec44 LIB 1580 Slate: 19Dec44 Camera, Sgt Frye, Paying. 18:17:41 Bundles of Lira & Francs, money / notes / bills, counted. CUs. 18:18:46 Slate: same. 36th Division Paymaster giving soldier money. Another officer keeping record & watching. Troops wait in line. 18:19:54 LIB 1559 22Dec44. Man walking in mud looking at abandoned German artillery & destroyed equipment in captured Cheneux, Belgium. 18:20:23 View along wet dirt road between houses w/ tank in distance & clouds hanging over hills. Fog; rain; soldiers w/ equipment off road. 18:20:52 Infantry along road, stop & talk w/ Chaplain. CU talking into walkie-talkie. 2nd Bn, 504th Parachute Inf., 82nd AB Div cross themselves & then move up to relieve 1st Bn soldiers. Single file of troops w/ shovels, etc. walking up; walk away from camera down road. 18:23:05 Some men sitting by roadside reading. MCU of feet on muddy road of 1st Bn soldiers returning from front. Cold. Rain. (no snow). Battle of the Bulge; WW2; Bad Weather; 1940s; NOTE: Cheneux was finally taken on 21Dec44. NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.