- Title: FRANCE / DEFENCE: France turns scrap metal into barbed wire for Maginot Line
- Date: 4th March 1940
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Old Iron Joins Up, Becomes Barbed Wire FRANCE: Paris: EXT Gen. top view pan & semi top view of scrap iron depot. Semi view electro-magnet lifting metal from truck. Semi view electro-magnet drops metal into dump. Long view lorry past heaps of scrap iron. Intr. scenes. Top view molten metal in container. Long view mechanical arm feeds coal into furnace. Long view & semi view melting pot...showing sparks flying. Long view & CU molten metal poured into containers..cascade of sparks. Long view & semi view molten metal poured out of pot into mould. Semi view white hot ingot (16 cwt) on carrier. Semi view white hot ingot thru' press. Semi view bar of metal out other side. Long view & CU white hot wire being wound. Semi view & CU men loading coils of barbed wire into truck. Munitions and Armaments; France
- Embargoed: 19th March 1940 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVAAPWNTT2EKMGLNRHJNIL4YVCWP
- Story Text: France turns scrap metal collected from all over the country into barbed wire to strengthen Maginot Line.
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