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Motion Picture MP2006-15

The 134th Infantry E.T.O. in Europe, Part Three of Five

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
1622 feet
Running Time
45 minutes 37 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
The officers of the 134th Infantry under the direction of Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Third part of a five part film series that is a chronological history of the men of the 134th Infantry and the places they served during World War II. Reel 3 takes place in France after the Normandy Invasion.

Date(s)
ca.
August 1944 - September 1944
1944 - 1945

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
00:00   Reel No. 3, 134th Infantry, E.T.O. A sign reads, “St. Hilaire du Harcouet.” The camera shows destroyed buildings.
00:12   Capt. Sutter, S-3, 2nd Bn.
00:55   Hq Co mess near Chateaudun.
01:48   Hedgerow entrenchments, vicinity Mortain.
03:03   Capt. Palmer on a captured motorcycle.
04:14   Sgt. Minor of Hq Co. The footage of the soldier changes into a move to Orleans, as indicated by a sign. The area is devastated.
05:42   Regtl S-3 Section ready to move. Soldiers sit in a truck outside a stone chateau.
06:31   Decoration ceremony in Montargis, France.
11:07   Presentations made by General Baade, Div Comdr. A sign reads, “Pro Patria A la Memoire Glorieuse de Enfants de Chateaurenard Morts Pour La France.” The sign is underneath a statue draped with American flags.
11:26   Four battlefield commissions.
12:27   Lt. Wentz, Co “D”, Lt. Johnson and Lt. Hughes, Med. Det; and Lt. Noxon of Co “M”.
13:06   Corp. Fleming.
13:55   Capt. Anderson at Joigny, France.
14:22   Capt. Miltonberger instructs the Bn. Comdrs.
15:00   The FFI go out after 200 Germans. This footage shows soldiers loaded on a truck followed by a brief scene of captured Germans. The camera then shows travel through the region of France.
17:19   Maj. Godwin and Sgt. Block go out to negotiate a mass German surrender.
18:29   1300 PW’s were taken during the next 24 hour period without a casualty to any 134th Infantry man. This footage shows soldiers riding bicycles and marching down a country road.
21:20   French civilians ransack abandoned German Army equipment.
22:23   Out of Gas – 11 days. Aix En Othe.
23:14   Capt. Abbott publishes the orders. Sgt. Samson, Co “A”, receives the Silver Star. Sgt. Carpenter, Co “A”, of Nebraska City, Nebr., is awarded the Silver Star. Unidentified winners of the Bronze Star.
24:59   Personnel Section at Ft. Blenod.
27:14   Service Co, Thuilley Aux Groseilles.
27:48   S/Sgt. Schwartz of IPW Team.
28:23   Airstrike on East side Moselle vicinity Fort De Pont St. Vincent. Smoke billows in the far distance.
29:14   Mess Sgt. Co “E,” with group of cooks and KP’s in Bois Du Fey.
30:16   Lt. Pescosolido.
30:25   English Colonials liberated at Nancy. British soldiers who are of East Indian descent or origination line up before the camera.
31:17   Personnel Section at Vezelise, France.
32:20   Red Cross clubmobile.
33:07   Bridge blown south of Toul.
33:32   Jump-off for Nancy.
34:58   Regtl CP, Hotel Thiers, Nancy, France – fourth largest city in France. Liberated by 134th Inf. – 15 Sept. 1944.
36:08   Street scenes in Nancy, France.
39:12   Hq Co mess, St. Max.
39:49   Cannon Co firing point, North of St. Max, France.
40:32   Good Nazis. This segment is footage of dead German soldiers.
40:51   Sugar Loaf Hill, near Pain DeSuere.
43:29   Agincourt.
43:39   Results of Air Strike on high ground East of Agincourt. The Krauts attempted to withdraw during daylight.
44:07   Captured Nazi medics.
44:35   Decorations Ceremony – Attiloncourt.