France/Belgium: De Gaulle, collection point for the dead in Bastogne, identification of bodies in Malmedy - ADC-3117
111-ADC-3117
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Description:
GEN CHARLES DE GAULLE
Nantes, France, 1945/01/14
LSs, Gen de Gaulle at window of City Hall addresses crowd
MSs„ two small French boys slide down hill on improvised sleds,
COLLECTION POINT FOR THE DEAD
Bastogne, Belgium, 1945/01/13
Mss, US soldiers examine frozen bodies of US soldiers in snow-covered field,Ms, soldiers load bodies into truck and trailer.
CU, body of soldier with legs strapped together.(Notes The loading of a German soldier is accomplished without litter, USsoldiers are loaded in litters.)
AV, snow-covered fields, 6th Armd Div tanks in position near Bastogne.
IDENTIFICATION OF BODIES
Malmedy, Belgium, 1945/01/15
CUs, frozen bodies of US soldiers are unloaded from truck and carried into bldg.
Ints, soldiers check bodies for identification.
MSs, narrow, snow-covered highway jammed with trucks, armored cars, jeeps andother vehicles