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First exclusive picture from western front hostilities area. A bridge over the Mosel (the frontier line) at Schengen blown up by Nazi troops. An evacuated village is seen in background.

West Wall in white. The way into the forefiled. Quickly the soldiers are climbing up the slope, passing here the anti tank defence, the dragon teeth.

Front line troops go back for a rest. French troops just relieved from the front line in cheerful spirits as they pass through a village with a period of rest before them.

British troops train for the front line in France. A forward trench as British troops undergo training in France for the front line.

Oder-Uebergang eines Reiter-Regiments ohne Hilfe der Pionniere bei Schwedt. Geschütze werden mittels Flössen, die auf Gummiboote aufgebunden sind, über die Oder gesetzt.

Foreign journalist visit the Westwall. American, Dutch and Finnish journalists listening to explanations of a German officer during the inspection of the Westwall, September 28.1939. Right from the officer, wearing a cap, Louis P. Lochner, chief of the Berlin bureau of the Associated Press. (zie ook map 110 : Westfront 1939-1940).

Soldiers with pick axe and spade going forward. Here a work company is going forward, passing the concrete front-sides of the bunkers, along the knolls and the wire barrings. Some guards are equipped with rifles against eventual hostile troubles.

Royal Air Force take pictures of enemy territory. A picture taken from a height of only 600 feet of a severed pontoon bridge on the Rhine. The pontoons from the central portion of the bridge can be seen moored at the left side of the near end of the bridge.

At the bridge of Kehl. The chief of the German army during his inspection tour at the Upper Rhine section of the Siegfried Line standing before the bridge of Kehl crossing the River Rhine to France. The flag of the German Army is waving. The two large pieces of cloth on left prevent the enemy from seeing vital points on this side. Colonel General Walter von Brauchitsch is seen third fright.