THE FIGHTING FIRST (Reel 1)

Year Published: 1945

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records AdministrationARC Identifier 35933 / Local Identifier 111-M-1279THE FIGHTING FIRST (Reel 1)Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). On the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. Reel 1, recruits train, go to England, debark for Africa, and capture Oran. Shows Gen. Terry Allen, Rommel, and German troops. Troops battle at Kasserine and meet the British. Sicily is invaded and a town is captured. Reel 2 shows amphibious training in England and the invasion of France at Omaha Beach. Tanks fire among hedgerows; engineers dig up mines; the Division enters Coutance, Mortain, Etampes, Meaux, and Soissons and enters Belgium. Troops battle for Aachen and the Hurtgen Forest and then rest in Belgium before the Ardennes campaign. The Division crosses Remagen Bridge and fights in Germany. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 35933 / Local Identifier 111-M-1279 THE FIGHTING FIRST (Reel 1) Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). On the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. Reel 1, recruits train, go to England, debark for Africa, and capture Oran. Shows Gen. Terry Allen, Rommel, and German troops. Troops battle at Kasserine and meet the British. Sicily is invaded and a town is captured. Reel 2 shows amphibious training in England and the invasion of France at Omaha Beach. Tanks fire among hedgerows; engineers dig up mines; the Division enters Coutance, Mortain, Etampes, Meaux, and Soissons and enters Belgium. Troops battle for Aachen and the Hurtgen Forest and then rest in Belgium before the Ardennes campaign. The Division crosses Remagen Bridge and fights in Germany. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.