The Maginot Line

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2221
Date Released
27 Dec 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Maginot Line. DESCRIPTION: The invisible Maginot Line, or so they said. Sections of these fortifications come before the auctioneer, to be turned by private enterprise into hotels. SHOTLIST: GV French troops marching into battle. LS ditto over rough terrain. GV Maginot Line gun emplacement. MS Prince of Wales Edward VIII (in the 1930s) inspecting reinforced front line. MS enters gun emplacement. GV interior power station. MS interior telephone exchange. MS interior kitchen. CU troops eating. MS observer board. CU observer. MS row of shells. MS gun traversing. CU gun layer. GV gun fires. GV gun emplacement in 1971 overgrown. LS man tries to open door. GV interior auction. MS auctioneer. CU buyers. MS auctioneer. CU candle burns out. CU buyers pay for property bought. MS man inspects property outside. MS man walks through door. MS inspecting property. MS man looks through observation post.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Military
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97703
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
162
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Maginot Line', British Movietone News Issue No. 2221, 27 Dec 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29187 (Accessed 15 May 2025)