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The St. Michael road bridge here at Creech
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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

The St. Michael road bridge here at Creech is like many of the 40 or so permanent bridges...

The St. Michael road bridge here at Creech is like many of the 40 or so permanent bridges that cross the Taunton Stop Line

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The St. Michael road bridge here at Creech
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is like many of the 40 or so permanent bridges
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that cross the Taunton Stop Line.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:40
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Canal+ España,Rosa García Producciones Cinematográficas

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Movie Summary

During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
S01 • E06 By autumn 1941, 20,000 women had volunteered, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
By autumn 1941, 20,000 women had volunteered,
S01 • E03 They may be going to stay in the country - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
They may be going to stay in the country
S01 • E01 (guns blasting) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
(guns blasting)
S01 • E04 They came over just above the level of the trees. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
They came over just above the level of the trees.
S01 • E07 You have 200 Bombe machines and 2,000 Wrens clanking away, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
You have 200 Bombe machines and 2,000 Wrens clanking away,
S01 • E02 They had an extra aspect of defense, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
They had an extra aspect of defense,
S01 • E03 So people are choosing to do things - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
So people are choosing to do things
S01 • E06 Many Land Girls lived on the farms where they worked. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
Many Land Girls lived on the farms where they worked.
S01 • E04 The bombs they had were fused to go off at 50 feet. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
The bombs they had were fused to go off at 50 feet.
S01 • E05 Another one was to be where they were going - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
Another one was to be where they were going
S01 • E08 And it's amazing, to me, to think all these years later, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
And it's amazing, to me, to think all these years...
S01 • E07 So there was a failure in imagination on the German part - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So there was a failure in imagination on the German part
S01 • E02 These would have been mined, and possibly the soldiers here - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
These would have been mined, and possibly the soldiers here
S01 • E04 And, basically, they came over the airfield so low - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And, basically, they came over the airfield so low
S01 • E06 But conditions were basic and the lifestyle lonely, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
But conditions were basic and the lifestyle lonely,
S01 • E01 So they'd forgot what they'd been told, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
So they'd forgot what they'd been told,
S01 • E03 The amenities that we had were vast so that the people - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
The amenities that we had were vast so that the people
S01 • E07 And it's that enormous industrial effort - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
And it's that enormous industrial effort
S01 • E01 (laughs) So they were looking for a lot of glaziers, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
(laughs) So they were looking for a lot of glaziers,
S01 • E08 But such great events took place from here back in 1944, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:27
But such great events took place from here back in 1944,