Mountain Fortress of Peace - Vigilant Switzerland 💪🏻 (1964)

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Fortress of Peace, originally titled "Wehrhafte Schweiz" in German and "Nous pouvons nous défendre" in French, is a Swiss short film made in 1964, directed by John Fernhout and produced by Lothar Wolff.
It portrays the Swiss Army fighting against an unnamed, unseen enemy, using heavy weapons such as flamethrowers, artillery, tanks and bomber aircraft. After the enemy is repelled, the film closes with idyllic shots of beautiful Swiss landscapes. The 20-minute movie was shot using the latest action film techniques in the Cinerama format on expensive MCS-70 Super Panorama 70mm stock and took 1 Mio. of Swiss Francs in production costs.
The movie was nominated for the 1965 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film !

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@eckelrock 29 дней назад

This was made in the 60s?! Some of these shots are spectacular. This puts modern cinema to shame!

@cane6074 28 дней назад

Back when filmmakers did not have CGI and had to be creative to get the desired effect.

@musicaleuphoria8699 День назад

With a beautiful country like Switzerland, it'd be wrong not to show its beauty through well crafted filmmaking.

@shusterandy 25 дней назад

Pyrotechnician to the director: So how much explosions do you want in this movie? The Director: Yes.

@HAROSCOPE Месяц назад

Look this documentary is better camera quality than every 90s Indian movie

@Mortar74 20 дней назад

The 20-minute film was shot using the latest action film techniques in the Cinerama format on expensive MCS-70 Super Panorama 70mm stock

@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 Месяц назад

the cinematography is amazing !! that shot at 4:21 !! WOW

@christopherharmon2433 Месяц назад

The definition of 'armed neutrality'.

@oldmaninthemountainofterror Месяц назад

It's interesting to see Swiss military doctrine in action and understand their territorial defense tactics. Despite being 60 years old, this documentary holds invaluable historical significance.

@timmyvolta1592 Месяц назад

What a marvel of film making, long shots, little cuts, beautiful sceanery, good music just all in all perfect work like the swiss- almost perfect

@Mortar74 20 дней назад

That's why the film was nominated for the Academy Awards in the Best Live Action Short Film Category 👌🏻

@LenonPeh Месяц назад

4:30 The Hawker Hunter flying past will never get old

@hyperthulean8649 Месяц назад

at 16:23 one of those guys jumping into cover really sent it

@Sasasneu Месяц назад

He went to the void

@GaionSputro 8 дней назад

@@Sasasneu **Backroom*

@612murderapolis 19 дней назад

Man this is peak cinematography

@berteisenbraun7415 Месяц назад

Jets in the Alps was AMAZING!

@hoppinggnomethe4154 Месяц назад

A short film as expected from Switzerland. They got expensive filming equipment and phenomenal cinematography. Not only that, they even got expensive audio recording equipment. This movie sounds really good and modern compared to many 1960s war movies. This was a very high budget production!

@slugshell2901 27 дней назад

14:56 one of the coolest scenes I’ve seen

@rustyshackleford3917 23 дня назад

The way this is filmed is cool af

@indigohammer5732 Месяц назад

Interesting moment at 13:25. The machine gunners are moving their arm, to cause spread of shot from the fixed machine gun mountings.

@miklmiklmtrcycl6009 Месяц назад

The cinematography and choreography of hardware here is the best I’ve ever seen! Anyone thinking of making a war film must study this.

@hypergolic8468 Месяц назад

10:41 "There's a forest at that location".... "It's just been Centurioned" .... "There's a wood with some very nice scenic paths through it". Fabulous video, and a great insight into a formidable military.

@alexdivision4320 Месяц назад

Insanely cool. The equipment the Swiss had looked great!

@Braun30 Месяц назад

The quality of the film is outstanding.

@christopherharmon2433 Месяц назад

In those days, Cinerama was as good as it got. 70mm film and cameras the size of a small washing machine.

@itschris8601 Месяц назад

I don't know much about cinematorgraphy but there are some really gorgeous shots in there. Also no short supply of Hawker Hunters!

@bulletkingaming2808 27 дней назад

Most American non-American movie ever seen.

@MrNedsaabdickerson Месяц назад

Wow amazing, combined arms exercise, this is where George Lucas got his inspiration for the Empire strikes back.

@wkb373 18 дней назад

I've collected a lot of Swiss military surplus over the past 20 years and it is interesting to see it in use in this movie. I wish the military bicycles were featured.

@MrNedsaabdickerson Месяц назад

This is some straight out of the Cold War total War stuff, lots of Combat Engineer Action!

@terepember512 Месяц назад

The chocolate recipe must be protected at all costs!

@Sibinov1 Месяц назад

Everybody gangsta until Hans/Pierre/Antonio gets the flamethrower to teach you some neutrality ;)

@christopherharmon2433 Месяц назад

And manners!

@spaceemperor5664 27 дней назад

16:24 bro in the middle just yeeted himself down the hill

@flugel5554 7 дней назад

i love how cinematrographic this is.

@darren5956 Месяц назад

Pretty good film quality for 60 years old.

@sputnik4524 Месяц назад

Super Film ! Top gedreht ! Fast wie James Bond

@wkb373 Месяц назад

Interesting to see the model K-31 still being used in some segments. I collect Swiss surplus and find it to be the best quality but definitely heavy. A lot of it can be seen in this film.

@metubetoday1 23 дня назад

They can take Milan by Christmas.

@cristianpinto2510 7 дней назад

They had the swiss under license produced version of the german MG42 machine gun, and swiss made SIG battle rifles. They had deHavilland Venom fighter-bombers also. All the film is beautiful.

@TheGrenadier97 20 дней назад

True democracy is swiss: traditional, direct and local.

@crumpetcommandos779 Месяц назад

this is expertly shot

@carlosbaja678 27 дней назад

This one of the top ten war movies ever!

@A_La_Carga 6 дней назад

What is interesting is that Switzerland avoided language barriers by mobilising volunteers or grouping soldiers during training with their own language. Like at 16:38 we can hear them speaking French or in Alpine footages we can hear them speaking German or Rommasch. Unlike the Austrians during the 1st World War that just did a general mobilisation without any elaborations.

@alanjamesh.zamorano1677 Месяц назад

The comment section became a mess far from what the intention of the video was. I'm here to admire camera technology improvement from the 70s

@jmccallion2394 Месяц назад

Great to see the Hawker Hunter in Swiss colours, such a lovely looking aircraft!

@paulofelipebbraga9634 Месяц назад

Hawker was a dangerous bird to fly on back in the day.

@neilbertuk1 28 дней назад

Holy Christ! How spectacular was that? During the cold war most of the main neutral countries, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, had small regular armed forces but huge trained reserve forces, tiny Finland could mobilise 700,000 in 72 hours. They may have been neutral but they were very, very serious about defence.

@patsickinger3885 22 дня назад

you are right. switzerland had up 700'000 soldiers during cold war, once even 900'000 (militia system)

@krasnoarmeetc 26 дней назад

Фига себе, часовщики разбуянились!!!

@me67galaxylife 22 дня назад

back when western countries still had spines

@danielaengel3675 Месяц назад

TOP-Video !! .

@dutchbachelor Месяц назад

I always was jealous of our Swiss neighbours (I am from Austria originally) as they always understood that peace can only be borne from strength. Austria forgot that at some point and stopped investing in it's armed forces until the war in Ukraine finally made them wake up again.

@monotov4765 Месяц назад

Swiss no Swedish

@twinsonic Месяц назад

Swedish? Get a grip, you Australian

@stevepiemontesi Месяц назад

SUISSE PAS SUÉDOIS

@broderhjalmar Месяц назад

Used to be an American thing, now apparently not even the Austrians can hold Swiss and swedes apart. 😂

@dutchbachelor 21 день назад

@@monotov4765 @stevepiemontesi @broderhjalmar Damned autocomplete... 🤣

@tristanharshman8268 Месяц назад

The swiss using flamethrowers

@stevepiemontesi Месяц назад

Ils ne les utilisent plus depuis 1990

@tomdulski3729 Месяц назад

FANTASTIC

@B25Rock Месяц назад

Jetzt ist klar als damals Bundesrat Ueli Maurer sagte, beste Armee der Welt.

@billybobjohnadamjoe Месяц назад

“Uh oh, the Germans are at it again!”

@christopherharmon2433 Месяц назад

Private Hans, get ze flammenwaffer and flambe ze jerries!

@maxsmodels Месяц назад

Some excellent footage. Put Godzilla in their and you'd have a pretty cool movie!

@cane6074 28 дней назад

A most epic intro, better then most films these days!

@MrMoosehead 24 дня назад

Why the hell are the MG teams pulling the trigger and looking down? lol

@daviscampbell9020 12 дней назад

Thank gosh the camera man survived.

@alandesouzacruz5124 Месяц назад

Excellent court métrage que j'ai aimé

@user-sc3qe7nu1z Месяц назад

Was lernen wir daraus? Die Schweiz wenn angegriffen wird, schießt sie ihr Land in 1000 Fetzen. 😂😂😂

@user-xs1yx9tc9m Месяц назад

A great looking movie !

@gregmurray4169 Месяц назад

I was NOT expecting the flamethrower, lol.

@Feufeu87 22 часа назад

80m efficacity

@NA-pr7sf 7 дней назад

plus, remember, the bankir "country" of switzerland has always been neutral and never invaded because there is where the instagators of war keep their gold

@ogukuo72 26 дней назад

It's a truly beautiful country and so proud of its democratic traditions and freedoms.

@djsavada718 24 дня назад

yes very democratic and neurtal 🤣

@tristandavies9597 23 дня назад

Women still weren't allowed to vote when this was filmed lol

@ogukuo72 23 дня назад

@@tristandavies9597 Anyone else heard something? Like someone breaking wind? No? Must be my imagination.

@Lucho97 22 дня назад

@@tristandavies9597tampoco es que sean más cultas que los hombres, a ellas incluso se les puede manipular emocionalmente tanto o más fácil que a los hombres. Pero vamos, que es aumentar la cantidad de votos, no hacerlo más justo

@TheGrenadier97 20 дней назад

True democracy is swiss: direct and local. Everything else is an abstraction and representative populism.

@asconajuenger Месяц назад

Interessantes Filmchen. Aber selbst ich als Deutscher weiß, das die wirkliche Stärke der Schweiz in ihrer Milizarmee steckt. Schnell, gezielt zuschlagen, da wo es keiner erwartet.

@uschurch Месяц назад

"keiner erwartet" schwierig in Zeiten von Cyber-, Satelliten- und Drohnenaufklärung. Ausser man hat geeignete Gegenmassnahmen.

@hannisateur Месяц назад

Does feel like the original Star Wars ...

@alpinewolf7751 Месяц назад

Alte Wahrheiten, auch heute noch aktuell.

@l2445whp Месяц назад

the one shot MG without aim.(13:57)

@terepember512 Месяц назад

continuous barrage, no need for precise aiming

@oliverdenker8267 Месяц назад

Cool film 👍

@Eckoch 25 дней назад

climbing up Klausen Pass @ 0:48 must have served Brian G Hutton for his epic intro in Where Eagles Dare (1968) and so must have the scenes @ 19:00 served the getaway to the airport in WED

@TimMatterSnorri999 28 дней назад

Wir Schweizer werden unser Land bis zum bitteren Ende verteidigen und schützen!🫡 Gott beschütze die Schweiz! Grüsse aus der Schweiz 🇨🇭👋

@389383 28 дней назад

I was all ready to invade but seeing this has really put a crimp in my plans.

@Einwetok Месяц назад

For the first few miles in, there are blocks of the highway that pop up. These are in the mountains so there's no skirting them. They're coverer by bunkers cut into the cliffs. Some of the airplanes are in bunkers IIRC

@cristianpinto2510 7 дней назад

Centurion tanks and Hawker Hunter fighters, british equipment. And I think Steyr Pinzgauer trucks from Austria. Very nice film.

@Stanley-xd1gf Месяц назад

A soldier fought for what he left behind, his family. Today, with all the propaganda for the destruction of family values, perhaps this would not make any sense. Congratulations to the Swiss people for their eternal vigilance and preparation. And thank you for sharing this beautiful documentary. Hugs from Brazil.

@user-xs1yx9tc9m Месяц назад

Yes, I agree with that observation. Today, we may have to find soldiers that fight for different reasons. In the John le Carre spy story, 'The Looking Glass War' (1965) the main character is an ex-Polish resistance agent in his 40's who feels loyalty for his adoptive country, England. In the 1969 movie version of the book, the character is changed to an unhappy, lost young man looking for adventure. Two different characters, but they both fit in the story. Adrian: UK/England

@garrettfraire391 Месяц назад

Ah yes millions are sent to war because of family values and not because of the political economic and class structure of society that enables nations to engage in brutal warfare with each other

@Dissident_01 Месяц назад

Now if you fight for zog you'll be fighting for bankers, infinite migrants, and pride parades

@garrettfraire391 Месяц назад

@@Dissident_01 ah yes the three groups that have almost nothing to do with each other are coming for you

@IslamisGay Месяц назад

@@garrettfraire391did ur wife’s boyfriend make u felch her after he was done?

@j.t492 Месяц назад

the Swiss can say 'f*ck around and find out' in four official languages!

@urosmarjanovic663 Месяц назад

And no one would understand any of those 4

@commoncriminal923 28 дней назад

@@urosmarjanovic663literally

@GaionSputro 8 дней назад

@@urosmarjanovic663🇨🇭=👎🏻

@fidelalarcon4156 26 дней назад

Ver volar a los Hawker Hunter...un placer!

@tpazhu7138 19 дней назад

Un avión militar muy bonito!

@wvr653 8 дней назад

These guys are experts in destroying dirt, snow, water and wind.

@JeepWrangler1957 Месяц назад

Much about the Swiss are really terrific. Compulsory military service, and being able to mobilize from your home. But the thing that makes Switzerland tough also is a problem. Switzerland cannot feed their population indefinitely. I am surprised that the Axis didn't try this? Even if they could feed themselves, they would freeze in Winter. But they posed no threat to any country being a defensive military and any assault on the country would make it a very expensive venture.

@JohnDoe-ul7sm Месяц назад

The Axis did have a similar plan. National Redoubt. Obviously they never realized it but it was something that was talked about

@mathiasjonsson8222 Месяц назад

The need for a financial system in a neutral country was greater than the need to invade said country.

@HansJuergBangerter Месяц назад

Swiss were Planting potatoes in front of parlement and in all parks, also selling high precision goods to the Germans for food, Switzerland has hydro power and uses to incinerate garbage for electricity and heat. Swiss forest looked like Parks not a singel branch on the ground.

@r.h.223 Месяц назад

Wow, this movie is 40 (forty) years old !!! What an incredible footage...OMG the destruction is real, how were they allowed to film this ? 🔥🤠 ...not wondering why this film was nominated for an Academy Award 😎

@whifu3219 Месяц назад

60 years old...

@darren5956 Месяц назад

Common Core math?

@moottruth Месяц назад

I love Star Wars!

@jirkafulka8377 Месяц назад

nice

@patriotenfield3276 24 дня назад

whoa

@KaHo-pj6qt 24 дня назад

War film without any enemy

@metubetoday1 23 дня назад

I watched most of it and they won.

@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq. 8 дней назад

Every group outside your group that isn't allied with it is an enemy in various degrees. This Swiss deterrence protects against many indifferent enemies who've not yet determine it's worth it to interfere in their affairs. Gotta learn the Friend-Enemy distinction, mate; failure to do so allows those who consider you prey to worm their way into your life until it's too late to repel or destroy them.

@cubismo85 8 дней назад

Are you blind? 17:00

@mikehawk6683 Месяц назад

Tall mountains house tall men, with tall spirits.

@paulofelipebbraga9634 Месяц назад

And tall armored vehicles too.

@damiaanspatrick2050 Месяц назад

Switzerland is one big fortress. 650.000 bunkers.

@JMark-zk5pj Месяц назад

Most are de commissioned now.

@uschurch Месяц назад

Sounds like a made up number. There were all types of bunkers and fortresses. Some housing several hundred men and dozens of cannons, while others would only serve as a temporary unarmed shelter for infantry units defending a strong point.

@Zack-nl6bw 29 дней назад

But now days those bunkers are no match against missiles and bunker buster munitions.

@BranislavMilicic Месяц назад

It's all easy in the movie, but in real life , enemy is not so predictable.

@shumyinghon Месяц назад

great to be able to stay neutral

@JeepWrangler1957 Месяц назад

@shumyinghonbeing neutral is great as long as it is recognized. What happens when they don't? Like Holland, Norway, and Denmark? Or Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania?

@imrefuty7592 18 дней назад

I have only been once to Switzerland and it was because of a program. A youth forum was held in a small, sleepy village not so far away from Sankt Gallen. Its name is Trogen. I dont know why, but at 3:07 you can see the villages main square. Its all so weirdly specific to me.

@gote7143 16 дней назад

Schöner Tarn :)

@Polius-cp6bf Месяц назад

armed neutrality by a bunch of very good mercenaries

@hoffenwurdig1356 28 дней назад

It’s not mercenary work if it is direct and obvious domestic defense of one's own home, done on one's own soil. What you say is as nonsensical as if you were to claim that the United States Army National Guard is a mercenary organization. If you reply by saying that you believe it is, then in actuality you simply disagree with some of the purposes for which certain militaries, including the United States military, are used. If that is what you mean to say, then I agree with you-but you should think ahead and consider carefully when you speak or write.

@Polius-cp6bf 27 дней назад

@@hoffenwurdig1356 you're dumb and opinionated must be american

@hazzmati 27 дней назад

They are conscripts serving in their national army, not mercenaries

@CallhimZombie Месяц назад

What had this poor river done, to deserve such a bombardment :)

@mrp55net Месяц назад

The burning question is: Finland vs. Switzerland - who would win?

@magnusthered4973 Месяц назад

Stale mate they wouldn't leave their borders

@HansJuergBangerter Месяц назад

@@magnusthered4973 some Swiss fought in Finland with the Finish against the Russians, also Swiss Hospital units were there to gain experience, Switzerland also was provide Penicillin from the Allied forces since many Allied airmen were wounded.

@daffidkane8350 8 дней назад

It’s never the barbarians outside the gate that defeat you but the ones you let in!

@conlinbryant5037 7 дней назад

you're a retard

@melmothII Месяц назад

WAOH ! ! !

@lecirus2140 Месяц назад

ce film n'a pas pris une ride, il a été tourné hier?

@matthewwagner47 24 дня назад

The first scene in this video is the mach loop

@fidelalarcon4156 26 дней назад

16:21 El viejo y querido torpedo Bangalore.

@myairspace3xx День назад

Nice helmets.

@hiroshikangaroo Месяц назад

💪

@carlwilson1772 Месяц назад

I'm British so it was great to see the Hawker Hunters, what a formidable weapon that aircraft was. Also the De Havilland Vampires dropping napalm. There is a Swiss DH Vampire at my local aircraft museum.

@HansJuergBangerter Месяц назад

Switzerland Vintage airplane lovers have Venoms-Vampires-Hunters in perfect flying conditions, saw a flying formation at a VINTAGE CAR RALLYE in the Grisons and also at the Steel-Parade in Thoune flying over the Brienz and Thoune lakes, also some remaining WW2 Fieseler Storchs and others are still around.

@carlwilson1772 Месяц назад

@@HansJuergBangerter Very good to know this. In the UK we have a few Hunters still flying but I'm not aware of any Vampires.

@uschurch Месяц назад

I heard that the Venoms/Vampires risked doing a forward flip in-flight when they released a bomb load that was too heavy or mounted incorrectly?

@HansJuergBangerter Месяц назад

@@uschurch also that the tanks on tip of the wings gave stability and they used a ignition ammo to start the Jet engines. A Swiss AF pilot told my switching from French Mirage 3 to the American made Tiger was like switching from a Porsche to a Volkswagen Rabbit, the Mirage 3 being the Porsche.

@MasterC87 Месяц назад

Can someone explain, why the machine gunner is intentionally shaking his arm at 13:56?

@philippimboden4848 Месяц назад

In order to obtain the optimum spread in height and width, this can be adjusted on the machine gun 51 (Mg51) at the spreader fire rollers. To ensure that the set spread is actually achieved, the shooter must move the machine gun on the mount on the pistol grip.

@MasterC87 Месяц назад

Thank you!

@t.st.7016 Месяц назад

Viel Spaß beim Aufräumen

@familieoskamp-rantong2599 Месяц назад

Should be a must have seen for our politicians to inspire them how to organize our defense with conscripted civilians knowing the ins and outs of their living environment and serving their nation.

@Chadaface 22 дня назад

cold war era Wehrmacht 'what-if'

@german-engineering1963 Месяц назад

The firing of the machine gunner at frames13:55, got to be a real joke. Better off going back to singing "the hills are alive, with the sound of music".