WWII - 1945, Belgium: 3rd Armored Div Tanks, 13Jan45; War Manpower Commission & War Production Board Visits ASCZ, Namur, Guy , Liege. 09-10Jan45

WWII - 1945, Belgium: 3rd Armored Div Tanks, 13Jan45; War Manpower Commission & War Production Board Visits ASCZ, Namur, Guy (?), Liege. 09-10Jan45 LIB 2149 Slate: 13Jan45 Camera: Bates. Subject: 703rd Tank Div. 17:33:34 Troops of 3rd Armored Division move up past destroyed tanks in sunshine on snowy road; infantry onto snow-covered tanks & move ahead past other infantry & camera. 17:34:41 POV, inside M-4 tank. Smoking tank by roadside & men out. POV w/ M4 tank ahead & body (?) beside road. View across valley. 2 tank men standing, pointing; explosions on opposite hillside. 17:35:52 Slate: same. Tanks move ahead past camera & tank by road. Shells exploding in field nearby. Tanks movie on snowy road, white canvas hanging for camouflage. LS of tank thru snowy field w/ infantry close by. 17:37:01 Slate: same. Medics carry stretchers along road. POV on tank thru snowy brush. German tanks beneath trees, medics treating man. View of road strewn w/ dead. POV from tank past tank off road. Line of tanks alongside trees (German?). 17:38:43 Slate: same. Troops by tanks. Men in tank turret. Cold, snowy, battle. 703rd per slate WW2; Battle of the Bulge; ca Langlair aka Langemark (?); 17:39:20 LIB 2153 War Manpower Commission Visits Belgium 09-10Jan45. Men in military coats & helmets including Brig. General Edward C Plant into Hotel Horscamp building w/ members of WMC & WPB in Namur, Belgium. 17:39:34 Outdoors in snow, man giving oath, man receiving / taking oath & being decorated wi/ General's star as others watch. Officers shaking hands, saluting. Men out of building (298th General Hospital ?). 17:30:27 Stand about jeeps & view chart held by two GIs during briefing. Views of river behind. Touring interior of large factory or warehouse. 17:41:10 More outside w/ chart, handshaking & looking at chart. Briefing. WW2; Civilian VIPS; Battle of Bulge; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. VERY good action & photography.