TOULON FORTIFICATIONS Part 1

Description

Summary: LS, pan, wreckage of harbor at Toulon. VS, torpedo plant showing damage caused by Allied bombings and German demolitions. MS, wrecked machinery and cranes. VS, destroyed French coasted guns installed in hills and around Fort De Janas; among them are two batteries of French dual naval guns of 320mm cal. which were removed from a battleship. LS, gun battery and terrain features. MS ,CU, radar installations near harbor. FORT DE SIX FOURS.: Toulon, France: 09/09/1944: LS, Fort on top of mountain. LS, French sailor guarding entrance to Fort. Name of fort over doorway. LS, fort showing high wall, LS, interior of fort. MS, equipment destroyed by Germans before surrendering. MS, two French marines exmine destroyed 88mm gun; view of harbor in bg. MS, marines looking at city and harbor from top of fort. FORTS OF TOULON.: France: 09/11/1944: Fort D'Artigues. LS, German AA in fg; fort in bg. LS, destruction of fort caused by allied artillery. MS, two American soldiers inspect battered walls. cattered German equipment. LS, inside fort showing view of harbor. Fort Du Couton. LS, entrance to fort; French Senegolese soldier on guard. MS, damage caused by Allied artillery. MS, graves of French soldiers killed in defense of fort. Fort De La Croix Faron. LS, entrance to fort. CU, name over fort built in 1873. LS, inside of fort; French coasted guns guarding fort. LS, view of harbor and Toulon. FAUCOGNEY.: France: 09/2O/1944: German prisoners captured by 3rd Div assembled in street. They empty pockets and throw their belongings on ground. French soldiers stand guard. Prisoners are marched away.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities