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The Maginot Line and its inner workings. Allied forces marshaling to confront Nazi Germany early in World War II

Film opens with animated map showing the Maginot Line and attacks along it by Britiish and French and French Armies. Then it shows German Armies breaking through the line. Camera focuses along lines of steel post antitank barriers extending out of sight. Map illustrates fortifications in area labeled Maginot Line and shows vertical cross-section cutaway view of the Maginot Line fortifications. A French soldier is seen tending to an engine running deep inside the fortifications. French officers are seen near a large electric generator and large ducts for ventilation. French soldiers at a switch board in a communications center. French troops are seen double-time marching out from their quarters at the Maginot Line. Next they enter forts in the line. Closeup of soldiers' feet as they board narrow-gauge train to take them to their respective battle stations in the Maginot complex. View of the train carrying passengers through its tunnels. A French soldier moving large steel containers suspended on overhead trolleys. They appear to contain ammunition. A cook at work in a kitchen within the fort. French soldiers entertaining themselves, singing and clapping as one of them dances. A slate in the film reads:"Nous Vaincrons parce que nous sommes les plus forts" (We win because we are the strongest.) French troops marching to war. Animated map shows Areas under French control, including Colonial Africa, together with German-occupied areas. It shows other forces building up including those from British colonies and Canada and Australia. Closeup of French Colonial soldiers. French allied troops from various regions in the world marching. Massive parade of troops along the The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, in Paris, with the Arch of Triumph behind them.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028014
German Generals plan and execute attack west toward France, penetrating the Maginot line in World War II

Film opens with animated map showing plan to attack to the west against France, employing Heeresgruppe A, commanded by Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. View of Marshal von Rundstedt in a planning session with staff officers. The animated map shows other German forces in the Westward offensive, including armies under Field Marshals Günther von Kluge; Wilhelm List; and Ernst Busch. It depicts the French defensive Maginot line and the concentration of German forces, under Marshals Von Kluge and List, to pass through it and drive to the coast of the English Channel, cutting off attacking English and French attacking armies. Views of German troops advancing westward. They follow a tank firing rounds. Others are seen carrying large boats to cross rivers and some unloading timbers and other items to repair bridges as they proceed under fire with shells bursting all around. A Panzer I (Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A) advances and German infantry gather explosives from rubber boats. Infantry follow a Panzer I tank firing its guns as it moves across a field. German infantry paddle across a river in rubber boats. They uncoil and lay long wires along the ground. Other use prefabricated timbers to cover a pontoon bridge, or barge. . German utility vehicles drive along a shallow river bed. Large numbers of German soldiers along with horses, cross a river in boats and barges. A Panzer I tank drives onto a pontoon barge. German soldiers and a civilian ride atop a Panzer I tank. Scene shifts to Field Marshal Günther von Kluge strolling victoriously to a German headquarters in France, where he exchanges greetings with other officers. Remaining scenes focus on the ordinary German soldiers.They are seen preparing meals; napping; tending to horses; dealing with their equipment and armor, including a Half Track Personnel Carrier (Hanomag Sdkfz 251/1). Brief glimpse of German officers in planning session outdoors.

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028015
The German invasion of France in World War II .

Film starts showing diagrams of German army artillery firing plan supporting planned invasion of France during World War 2. German army officers are seen going over plans. Animated map shows British and French forces in the West and German break-through army poised to the East of the Maginot Line. The animated German break-through forces advance behind artillery. View of a German gun crew firing a 21cm heavy howitzer, and its shells exploding in the distance. Various views of German gun crews loading and firing heavy artillery and the shells striking with large explosions.German infantry seen moving through area filled with obstacle defenses. A line of German Panzer I tank moving along a road between the obstacles. More views of German artillery firing. Machine gun firing and fires breaking out at nighttime, and German tanks moving over fires burning on the ground. Machine fun tracer rounds seen in the dark. Many buildings being consumed by flames. Surrendered French troops being searched by German soldiers. A large open air compound containing many prisoners of war taken by the German forces. Various views of the prisoners in the compound.

Date: 1940, May
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028016
Greenland women with their children on outdoor hospital beds. Greenland children and people watch movie in Greenland.

Native Inuit people of Greenland seen on beds in Greenland. An outdoor porch lined with beds and women in the beds. A nurse tucks a child into bed with his mother. Other beds are occupied by Greenland native women. Inuit men, women and children watch an animated comic movie about Humpty Dumpty. View of faces of smiling Inuit men, women, and many children as they watch the movie in a makeshift theater.

Date: 1940
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046073
A town in Greenland sponsors a dance with company of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Northland.

A sign, bearing images of the American and Danish flags, reads, in Danish and English: "Dance Tonight." At bottom of the sign is a silhouette of the ship and the words: " U.S.C.G. Northland." Local Greenland native Inuit couples dance to the accompaniment of a local band of musicians. The location appears to be a small gymnasium, with a basketball hoop seen at one end. Several of the dancers appear to be U.S. Coast Guardsmen. A large group of spectators stand on a balcony overlooking the gym dance floor. Many young women are seen. Some enjoy refreshments. The hall is adorned with a huge American flag, in front of which a life preserver, from the ship, is suspended. Lettering on it reads: "Northland. U.S. Coast Guard."

Date: 1940
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046074
U.S. Coast Guard operations in Greenland prior to U.S. involvement in World War II. Cryolite mine. German weather station

Chart showing U.S. Coast Guard routes across the North Atlantic during World War Two. Scenes of the rugged Greenland landscape. Views of the Greenland Cryolite mine. A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter berthed at the pier near the mine. Greenlanders working in the open pit cryolite mine with jackhammers and steam shovels. U.S. Coast Guard officers seated, conferring with Danish Naval officer. James K. Penfield, first United States consul in Greenland looks on and interjects a comment, while pointing at a map. Supplies being transferred to a Greenland small boat. Two German meteorologists pose by their small weather station. German flag seen in background. View inside the German weather station, shows instruments, clip boards, weather maps, and radio equipment.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046075