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France’s Wall of Steel

Date released

1 Dec 1938

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

38/96

NoS ID

096576

Story no

3 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

First pictures to be taken of the Maginot Line show what France would do if she were attacked from the East.

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Hitler’s Triumphant Return to Berlin (1940 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A special newsreel issue showing Hitler at the Maginot Line in 1940, then returning in triumph to Germany, finishing with an extraordinary mass reception by the people of Berlin.

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The Maginot Line: Myth and Reality - 14 Sept [1975-1986]

Sean Street talks to Anthony Kemp who explains the missunderstanding about the system of fortification during the Great War. This Line was an elaborate defensive barrier in Northeast France constructed in...

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Movietone’s War Time News: The Watch on the Rhine - Life Behind the French Front Line

Date released

29 Feb 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

560A

NoS ID

010656

Story no

9 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inside the Maginot Line. DESCRIPTION: Inside the Maginot Line with the French troops who man it. SHOTLIST: Cooks prepare the food and the soldiers eat it. In a blockhouse, a poilu...

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Germany’s Western Defences - The Siegfried Line

Date released

14 Aug 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/65

NoS ID

097366

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Germany’s fantastic fortification known as the Siegfried Line - and her answer to France’s Maginot Line.

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Movietone’s War Time News described by John Snagge (Courtesy of the BBC): Strange Affair in the Maginot Line

Date released

25 Mar 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

564

NoS ID

010723

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: George Formby With the BEF. DESCRIPTION: George Formby entertains the troops with ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’ and ‘Sitting on a Mine in the Maginot Line’. SHOTLIST: George...

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Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: In the Maginot Line - Blockhouse Fighting

Date released

23 May 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

572A

NoS ID

010866

Story no

10 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: With Cine Men in the Maginot Emplacements. DESCRIPTION: Newsreel cameramen show the action at the front. SHOTLIST: Shots of cameramen filming an attack from a Maginot blockhouse against...

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Maginot Line

Date released

8 Sep 1938

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

38/72

NoS ID

096355

Story no

9 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

German troops manoeuvres on Siegfried Line.

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The Maginot Line

Date released

27 Dec 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2221

NoS ID

029187

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Maginot Line. DESCRIPTION: The invisible Maginot Line, or so they said. Sections of these fortifications come before the auctioneer, to be turned by private enterprise into hotels....

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The Maginot Line

Date released

1 Dec 1938

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

876

NoS ID

144634

Story no

10 / 11

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