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WWII - 1940, Germany: Feuertaufe / Baptism of Fire R1 of 8

Reel Number: 300108

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1939,1930s

Country: England,France,Germany,Hungary,Poland,United Kingdom

Location: Danzig,London,Warsaw

TC Begins: 01:00:01

TC Ends: 01:06:21

Duration: 00:06:20

Pre-WWII - 1939, Poland: Military & German Threatening Titles. 01:01:22 Clouds, CU & MS bugler on horseback, poster of Polish officer & weapons. 01:01:51 Polish military parade past reviewing grandstand, led by mounted military band. MS of Polish officials, including Marshall Rydz-Smigly in front. Cavalry & infantry marching; horse-drawn artillery, small military aircraft flyover in formation; motorcycles & trucks w/ light artillery, trucks pulling heavy artillery, tanks, etc. 01:03:18 Animated map showing Poland spreading into Germany from Warsaw. Swastika banners along Danzig harbor. POV of buildings, banners, flags. High Angle / HA Crowd in street listening to Hitler speech (SOF). 01:04:20 CU armband: Heimwehr Danzig. Nazi soldiers in woods and patrolling Danzig barbed wire defenses. More marching Nazi troops arriving w/ dramatic clouds behind. German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein underway & crowds on dock cheering arrival. Luftwaffe fighter aircraft parked in long line; twin-engine amphibious biplanes. 01:05:25 Radio tuned, dissolve to map w/ Budapest scene, London scene & map. Warsaw street scene; Paris scene & London street scene; Lord Halifax walking Pre-WW2; German Navy; Pilsudski NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.

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