Giornale di Guerra №4 (1939)

Newsreel №64857, 2 parts, Duration: 0:18:38 B/W

Reel №1

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The Alps.

Mining a road in the Alps.

A hidden and camouflaged power station.

Briancon, a fortress built by Vauban.

Mountain troops and mules with equipment climb the mountains.

Church service.

The blessing of the troops by the bishop.

Sending them off to maneuvers.

Transporting supplies on mules.

A telegraph post in the mountains.

A general inspecting the mountain troops.

A large-caliber cannon on one of the peaks, in a well-fortified position.

France.

Alsace.

Strasbourg.

The streets are deserted, the houses abandoned by their inhabitants.

Keywords

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Reel №2

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Evacuation of valuable church utensils from Protestant, Catholic churches and from a synagogue.

Loading books into boxes with church property on cars.

France.

Evacuation of a farm near Strasbourg.

France.

Evacuation of animals from a zoological garden.

France.

French soldiers helping Alsatian peasants with agricultural work.

France.

Beginning of the school year.

Schoolchildren going to school.

Children entering the classroom.

Classes in the 1st grade.

France.

Types of weapons that can defend France.

France.

Presentation of awards.

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