- Title: VM-1205
- Summary: DIE FRONTSCHAU: HOW TO BUILD A SHELTER ON THE FRONT. GERMAN SOLDIERS BUILD BELOW GROUND TRENCHES AND SHELTER ON FRIGID FRONT LINES. USE ALL KINDS OF INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO KEEP WARM AND COMFORTABLE. GERMAN NARRATION
- Description:01:08:07 - TITLE: "DIE FRONTSCHAU" WITH LARGE GERMAN CROSS - GERMAN LANGUAGE FORWARD. 01:09:24 - LS SNOWBOUND BARREN FIELD. MS GERMAN SOLDIER DIGGING TRENCH IN SNOW BOUND FIELD. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIERS BUILDING UNDERGROUND BUNKERS, TRENCHES IN MIDST OF SNOW BOUND FIELD AND FORTIFYING THEM WITH TIMBERS. SOLDIERS DIGGING AND HACKING AWAY WITH PICK AXES AND SHOVELS. SOLDIERS INSULATE BUNKERS WITH PILES OF STRAW. SOLDIERS WITH WHITE CAMOUFLAGE OVERGARMENT DIGGING AWAY. 01:11:33 - PAN SEEMINGLY FLAT SNOWY LANDSCAPE HIDING UNDERGROUND BUNKERS. LS GERMAN SOLDIERS SCRAMBLE TO UNDERGROUND BUNKERS, TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS SHOTS SHELLS EXPLODING OUTSIDE BUNKERS. 01:12:40 - ABOVE SHOT GERMAN SOLDIERS DIGGING HUGE DEEP HOLE IN GROUND AT VIGOROUS PACE. PASSING HEAVY ROCKS TO MAN AT TOP WHO DISCARDS THEM. CU BUNDLED UP SOLDIER CHOPPING WITH PICK AXE. SOLDIERS EXITING UNDERGROUND BUNKER WHICH LEADS TO LONG WINDING TRENCH (CIRCA WWI TRENCHES) SOLDIER WALKS ALONG WINDING TRENCH TO HIDDEN GUN POSITION, MANNED BY CAMOUFLAGED SOLDIER. CU HAND GRENADES AND RIFLE LYING ATOP TRENCH, READY FOR USE. TREE LIMBS OVER TRENCH, TILT DOWN TO MORTAR SHELLS AND AMMO. 01:14:20 - GERMAN SOLDIERS IN ARCTIC WEAR, CUT OUT BRICKS OF ICE, USE THEM AS BUILDING BLOCKS. PAN WALL OF BLOCKS. SOLDIERS IN WHITE MARCH THROUGH INTRICATE TRENCH FORTIFICATIONS TO THEIR POSITIONS. SOLDIERS ALL BUNDLED UP CAMOUFLAGED IN WHITE HUDDLE TOGETHER IN TRENCH IN WOODED AREA, PAN TO RIFLE SITTING ON EDGE OF TRENCH READY FOR FIRING. TILT UP FROM BUNKER TO SOLDIERS SHOVELLING SNOW ONTO ROOF OF BUNKER TO KEEP IT HIDDEN. 01:15:52 - SOLDIERS SAWING AND SPLITTING LOGS FOR FIREWOOD SMOKING SMOKE STACK PROTRUDING OUT OF GROUND. MS SOLDIER SPLITS LOG WITH AXE. 01:16:22 - DAREDEVIL SOLDIERS IN UNDER SHIRTS, ONE BARE CHESTED, RUN POUT OF WARM BUNKER INTO SNOW, START WASHING THEMSELVES WITH SNOW. (VERY RAPIDLY). MCU BARE CHEATED SOLDIER RUBS SNOW ON HIS CHEST AND ARMS. OTHERS WASH FACES AND HANDS. SOLDIERS CONTINUE DIGGING AND CLEARING DEBRIS AROUND TRENCHES. 01:17:12 - CU WOODEN STEPS GOING INTO BUNKER. POV BUNKER. BUNDLED UP SOLDIER PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS FOR SIGN OF ENEMY. SOLDIERS ENTERING, EXITING UNDERGROUND BUNKER. SOLDIER REMOVES SUSPENDERS AS HE ENTERS NDERGROUND LATRINE (?) TOILET (?) SIGN IN GERMAN. 01:18:46 - SOLDIERS USE AX AND KNIFE TO PUT POINTS ON WOODEN STAKES, USE THEM TO MAKE CAMOUFLAGED TENTS. CARRY ARMS FULL OF STRAW TO PLACE ON GROUND UNDER TENT FOR COMFORT REASONS (?) AND WARMTH. MOORE OF SHIRTLESS MAN WASHING HIMSELF OUTDOORS WITH HEATED WATER. 01:20:41 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1205