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A river, an observation telescope and a helmeted soldier

On the far bank of a wide, slow river a small flag, apparently the French tricolour, flies above a long wall beneath wooded hills; behind a tree trunk soldiers bend over a large, box-shaped observation telescope on a tripod; a soldier in a crested steel helmet and a dark coat looks steadily into the distance. Apparently the Rhine front during the drôle de guerre, 1939–1940.

Period: c. September 1939–May 1940
Credit: US National ArchivesPublic Domain · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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France before the German offensive, 1936–1940 · Divide and Conquer: Norway, the Low Countries and France

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Clip name: HFE025523
Length: 0' 20"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 436,832,740 bytes

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