Giornale di Guerra № 24061 (1939)

Newsreel №64868, 2 parts, duration: 0:11:20, black-white

Reel №1

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France.

American journalist Nierkerbocker, who crossed the front line and appeared in the location of the French units

France.

Verdun.

Meeting the commandant of the city, General Le Sur, of an American journalist, Nickerbocker.

Breakfast in honor of American journalist

France.

Tanks and wedges going to the front line

France.

The Maginot Line.

Soldiers playing bowling.

Kitchen under the ground

Germany.

The car with members of the military mission cross the German border.

The French front is closer to the Siegfried line than to the Maginot line.

Key words

France, World War 2, the media, celebrities, troops
France, military leaders, celebrities, media
France, world war 2, tanks, weapons
France, World War 2 soldiers, food, entertainment
Germany, World War 2, the border, weapons, fortifications, artillery
France, World War 2, soldiers, peasants, agriculture
France, World War 2, mine, school, children

Reel №2

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Members of the mission, examining the forefront.

The grave of the first dead German soldier.

A village between French and German fortifications, which the inhabitants left.

Shooting from an automatic gun.

Long-range guns and light field artillery of the Maginot line in action.

France.

The occupation of the front-line village by the French military unit.

One of the soldiers who met his family in this village.

Soldiers who help the peasants of this village in field work

France.

A working mine near the front.

The school occupied by the barracks.

Playing children

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