SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 11 of 12)

SIEG IM WESTEN (Reel 11 of 12) - National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - 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. Animation, closed rings around three French armies in Alsace- Lorraine; attack of First Army across Saar and Seventh Army across upper Rhine. Heavy German siege artillery in action against fortress fortifications. Ints, French defenders of Maginot line in action. CU,disappearing giant Maginot pill box dome fires and disappears. MCU, German heavy railroad battery fires. CU, heavy hits on fortress hill. CU, railroad gun crews in action load and fire by pulling lanyards. CU, heavy railroad gun fire, heavy German siege mortar with protective steel housing for crew, fires. MCU, very heavy hit. MCU, heavy siege howitzer fires. Muzzle CU, artillery. CU, General Dollmann of the Seventh Army shows Hitler his plans for action in front of large map. Scenes show crossing by German troops of upper Rhine, here 900 feet wide and with strong current, in storm boats.