German civilians build a barricade at a street intersection in Stuttgart, Germany during World War II. German civilians carry bricks and rubble. They build a barricade around a French machine gun position at the street intersection. Damaged buildings on either side of the streets. A French soldier directs the work of German civilians. Men walk down the streets. They pick up bricks from heaps of rubble. They level the mud around the barricade using shovels.