Inside the Maginot Line Part 1

Description

This film contains newsreel outtakes. The agency provided description is as follows: Interior of casement after alarm has been given, soldiers put machine-gun in place and prepare to fight. In a turret, men putting shell into gun, and man at phone orders "Fire". The electricity works of the fort. The guardroom, as alarm is given and soldiers are sent to every part of the fort. Alarm being given to tanks' troops at Metz, soldiers taking battle stations in their tanks. Shots of the "Infanterie de Forteresse" troops going from their barracks behind the Maginot Line to the forts. Barbed wire and rails in the ground to prevent tanks' progression. Shots at the barracks. Raising the flag as troops give salute. Dragoons charging in field and jumping over obstacles. Shots at the Dragoon barracks, men coming out of barracks with saddles and equipment. Shots of grooming horses. Commanding officer of the Dragoons signalling to his men. Gate of the Dragoon barracks. French Army trucks on road. Soldiers repairing caterpillar of tank. Several shots of tanks going towards maneuvers field.

Collection

"March of Time" Collection

Series

Outtakes from 'March Of Time' Newsreels