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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

This once private, rather ominous, stately home, built in 1886, was swiftly requisitioned...

This once private, rather ominous, stately home, built in 1886, was swiftly requisitioned for use as a top secret military research station

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This once private, rather ominous, stately home,
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built in 1886, was swiftly requisitioned
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for use as a top secret military research station.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:00
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E08 And these are operations involving naval and air forces - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:19
And these are operations involving naval and air forces
S01 • E05 You're gonna hit them between the (laughs) legs - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
You're gonna hit them between the (laughs) legs
S01 • E07 And you can go there today, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
And you can go there today,
S01 • E03 Another gang would pour the concrete and, again, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Another gang would pour the concrete and, again,
S01 • E06 15 miles from the Longbridge factory, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
15 miles from the Longbridge factory,
S01 • E05 So I think big forts and things on the ground feels - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
So I think big forts and things on the ground feels
S01 • E02 (pensive music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
(pensive music)
S01 • E03 These were people who were, basically, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
These were people who were, basically,
S01 • E05 (slow dramatic music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:18
(slow dramatic music)
S01 • E01 This would be at a sort of estuary entrance - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
This would be at a sort of estuary entrance
S01 • E04 Bawdsey became the center - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
Bawdsey became the center
S01 • E03 If you were signed on at the Labour Exchange as unemployed, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
If you were signed on at the Labour Exchange as unemployed,
S01 • E07 And on one of the guns, if you look at it, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:17
And on one of the guns, if you look at it,
S01 • E06 As the workers had cleared all of the fields away, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:16
As the workers had cleared all of the fields away,
S01 • E01 And this would be able to control that defensive position - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
And this would be able to control that defensive position
S01 • E08 And this, obviously, kept the German's attention elsewhere, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
And this, obviously, kept the German's attention...
S01 • E02 But just how were these crumbling structures - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
But just how were these crumbling structures
S01 • E03 Inside this pillbox there is a piece of shuttering - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
Inside this pillbox there is a piece of shuttering
S01 • E02 And more importantly, would they be effective - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
And more importantly, would they be effective
S01 • E04 Mary Wain and Graham Randall - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Mary Wain and Graham Randall