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SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 11 of 12)
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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 11 of 12) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. Reel 11: German infantry and light and heavy infantry close support weapons attack the forefield of Verdun. Int, French bunker crews fire; good ext of giant pill box dome shows gun flash. German medium field artillery fires at distant fortification hill; explosion hits can be seen on the hill. Pan, French soldiers come toward camera on country road and surrender to the artillery men. CU, French fortress crews come out and surrender. CU and pan, result of armor piercing annunition and bunkers. MLS, French fortress crews surrender. Pan, CU, French Verdun monument of 1914-1918. German parade before General Busch in Verdun. CUs, French prisoners. MS, German infantry on march through Verdun to Domremy, La Pucelle and Neufchateau. CU, wrecked self-propelled heavy French siege Howitzer. CU, camouflaged, self-propelled long range German siege gun. CU, German soldiers on Swiss frontier, followed by a good establishing shot showing Swiss countryside…
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