Ein zeigenössischer Dokumentarfilm über den Bau des West Walls.
The West Wall - National Archives and Records Administration 1939 - ARC
43822, LI 242-MID-2778 - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion
Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled
1918 - ca. 1947. On the construction of the Siegfried Line. Reel 1,
shows views of various Ger. cities and maps the site of the
fortifications. Dr. Todt studies plans, officers survey the land, and
draftsmen draw plans. An animated chart depicts the Todt engineering
organization. The ground is cleared, steel is made in mills, and
railroads move supplies to the site. Workers arrive, march to the site,
live in barracks, eat and construct and camouflage forts. Reel 2,
Hitler, Todt, and staff arrive to inspect construction. Shows antitank
obstructions and trenches, barbed wire entanglements, and the Fr. and
Ger. fortifications facing each other across the Rhine. An animated
diagram shows the interlocking fields of fire from pillboxes. A column
of Ger. soldiers marches into an entrance of the Siegfried Line. Men
and supplies move by train and elevators through tunnels and levels of
the line. Shows various interior views of the fortifications. Ammunition
is rushed to the surface by elevator during a drill. Barrage balloons
are sent up and Ger. fighter planes take off and fly over the Line. (Source: youtube.com)
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