Giornale di Guerra № 4 (1939)

Newsreel №64857, 2 parts, duration: 0:18:38, black-white

Reel №1

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Alps.

Mining a road in the Alps.

The hidden and disguised power station.

Briancon fortress, built by Vauban.

Mountain troops and mules with equipment climb the mountains.

Church service.

Blessing of troops by the bishop.

Sending to maneuvers.

Cargo transportation on mules.

Telegraph post in the mountains.

A general inspecting mountain troops.

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

France.

Alsace.

Strasbourg.

The streets are deserted, houses abandoned by the inhabitants.

Key words

roads, fortifications, mountains, military commanders, troops, weapons, clerics
France, the evacuation, the church
France, evacuation
France, the evacuation of animals
France, peasants, agriculture, soldiers
France, school children
France, weapons
France, rewarding

Reel №2

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

Loading books into boxes with church property on cars.

France.

Evacuation of the farm near Strasbourg.

France.

Evacuation of animals in a zoological garden.

France.

French soldiers who help the Alsatian peasants in agricultural work.

France.

Beginning of the school year.

Students going to school.

Children in the class.

Classes in the 1st form.

France.

Types of weapons that can protect France.

France.

Presentation of awards.

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