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193946 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

The West Wall

193946 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A Nazi documentary from 1939 presents the construction and defensive purpose of Germany's Siegfried Line, compiled by Fritz Hippler from newsreel footage.

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A Nazi documentary from 1939 presents the construction and defensive purpose of Germany's Siegfried Line, compiled by Fritz Hippler from newsreel footage.

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A Nazi documentary extolling Germany’s Siegfried Line (“West Wall”) just before WWII, compiled from newsreel units under Fritz Hippler to showcase the fortifications’ construction and defensive purpose.

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