ASSAULT AND CAPTURE OF MAGINOT LINE Part 3

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1) CU Assault boat loaded with troops underway in river.2) CU Machine gun, the crew firing.3) GV Looking across river, showing assault boat hitting the beach, large fire on bridge in BG.4) HA MCU Troops run down bank of river, board assault boats.5) LS Assault boat crossing river, flame thrower used on blockhouse in BG.6) LS Troops running across open field in smoke screen.7) CU Machine gun crew firing.8) LS Troops running across open field, apparently under fire.9) CU Smoke screen.10) CU Flame thrower.11) CU German engineers installing bridge over river.12) CU Attaching sections of pontoon bridge together.13) GV Looking down canal, showing pontoon bridge stretched across.14) CU Blockhouse, Maginot Line destroyed, German troops inspecting same.15) CU Horse drawn vehicle passing pontoon bridge over river.16) CU German fighter plane flying low over pontoon bridge.17) CU-MCU Troops in vehicles passing over pontoon bridge.18) CU AA gunner.19) LS British Spitfires flying overhead, branches of trees in FG.20) CU Machine gunner in plane firing same.21) CU Spitfire low pass over ground.22) CU Spitfire shot down dives for ground, strikes same and explodes.23) CU Wrecked Spitfire burning on ground.24) GV PAN, forts in bank of river.25) CU PAN, large cathedral.26) GV Looking down street, showing armored car, in Strasbourg, France.27) CU Light tanks pass camera, continue up street.28) CU Light artillery firing into hill, in Alsace Lorraine, France.29) CU Motorcycle runs up street, burning building in BG.30) CU Freight engine, hole in water tank with water running out.31) HA GV German troops coming up street of city in a vehicle.32) GV PAN, over Plaza in city.33) GV Down tree boardered road, showing German troops.34) LS Over countryside, showing large explosion.35) GV German troops, assault soft buildings in hideout, fires and explosions (SV).36) CU Frenchmen surrendering to Germans pass in front of camera.37) CU German troops marching in street, in city of Metz, France.38) GV Looking down street, showing German troops on parade, large crowd on civilians in FG, cathedral spires in FG.39) CU Cathedral, showing crowds in street, in Metz, France (SV)40) GV Cavalry proceeding down road hauling supplies.41) HA MCU Cavalry hauling wagons thru street, wooden bridge in BG.42) CU German troops pass in front of camera (SV).43) CU Torch of Maginot Line, Germans inspecting same.44) MCU PAN, concrete work and tunnel of Maginot Line under it.45) CU Statue in memory of battle of Verdun.46) HA CU PAN, huge figure down steps, showing German troops passing in review before GENERAL BUSCH, swastika flying on tower of building.47) HA GV Looking down road, showing POW's coming in, most of them French Moroccans.48) GV PAN, Truck underway down road, showing prisoners (SV).49) CU PAN, French Moroccan POW's.50) GV Looking down country road showing German Panzer division moving up.51) CU Treads of tank underway.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities