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The Buildings That Fought Hitler

This wall was built to be tested on and basically to be destroyed, and so we're standing...

This wall was built to be tested on and basically to be destroyed, and so we're standing in a hole that was made by one of those tests

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This wall was built to be tested on
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and basically to be destroyed,
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and so we're standing in a hole
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that was made by one of those tests.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:37
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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 • E02 And it stretches coast to coast, end to end, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
And it stretches coast to coast, end to end,
S01 • E04 In places, it's just 21 miles away. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
In places, it's just 21 miles away.
S01 • E06 (airplane engines roaring) (suspenseful music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:15
(airplane engines roaring) (suspenseful music)
S01 • E07 Britain's a maritime nation, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
Britain's a maritime nation,
S01 • E04 But back then, no one knew if our radar technology - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:09
But back then, no one knew if our radar technology
S01 • E05 But these were the men and women at the cutting edge - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
But these were the men and women at the cutting edge
S01 • E01 So if you can imagine scaffolding with an upright, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
So if you can imagine scaffolding with an upright,
S01 • E03 They were to become the famous Cabinet War Rooms, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
They were to become the famous Cabinet War Rooms,
S01 • E02 We've got railway blocks, road blocks, barbed wire, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:06
We've got railway blocks, road blocks, barbed wire,
S01 • E07 The ship building going on between the wars - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:11
The ship building going on between the wars
S01 • E08 What the Canadians were testing right at this spot - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:13
What the Canadians were testing right at this spot
S01 • E06 (birds chirping) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:10
(birds chirping)
S01 • E02 To think that it was planned and built - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
To think that it was planned and built
S01 • E05 (soft tense music) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:21
(soft tense music)
S01 • E04 (plane buzzing) (bomb exploding) - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
(plane buzzing) (bomb exploding)
S01 • E03 Whitehall, Westminster, Central London. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:05
Whitehall, Westminster, Central London.
S01 • E01 And they've got Dannert concertina wire obstacles. - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:04
And they've got Dannert concertina wire obstacles.
S01 • E07 Shipyards are making - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:08
Shipyards are making
S01 • E02 I'm gonna suggest that maybe you have a look - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:07
I'm gonna suggest that maybe you have a look
S01 • E08 And the idea is the tank would approach the defense, - The Buildings That Fought Hitler 00:12
And the idea is the tank would approach the defense,