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White Eagle, The August 1940 - March 1941 R1 of 3

Reel Number: 221251-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1939,1940,1941

Country: England,Poland,United Kingdom,USSR

Location: London,Warsaw

TC Begins: 13:00:12

TC Ends: 13:10:21

Duration: 00:10:09

The White Eagle, August 1940 - March 1941 R1 or 3 Narrated by Leslie Howard Man’s shadow on wall, story of Poland in Britain. 13:01:37 Warsaw, Poland August, 1939 street scenes, buildings, monument, traffic, boy feeds pigeons in old city square, pigeons fly away. 13:02:11 London, Trafalgar Square, various buildings, statues; same boy feeds birds from his hand. Double deck bus past camera, young boy distributes Polish Newspapers. CU monuments, busy street scene. 13:03:05 Young boy walking, looks up to German planes in the air, Boy rings the door bell of Polish Embassy, int. embassy, Polish Ambassador Count Rachinski (?) at his desk, looks at treaty of alliance between Poland & Great Britain. 13:03:46 Commander Chief General Eugeniusz Sikorski (1881-1943) & other officials shake hands, talk at meeting table. Polish government’s meeting room in ruins, Generals at map, Polish military planes in the air, CU pilot sits in sun & smokes. Shots of planes in the air, on airfield, on runway, pilots exit aircraft, throw darts, smoke, read newspapers & talk; General w/ pilots look at plans. 13:05:28 Planes in air, traffic past house ruins in London, CU sign of - Ministry Of Labor & National Service Employment Office For Polish Nationals, planes in the sky. Sign: Central Polish Committee for the Relief of War Victims. CU cars of Polish Red Cross, people load parcels into the Red Cross cars. 13:06:14 Polish medical center, doctor examines patient, measures blood pressure, give injection; busy street scene, cars, people, students in class room, planes in the air. 13:06:43 CU sign on the door “Polish Heart” center of cultural and social life for Poles sponsored by British Council. UK & Polish flags next to the door, officials walk thru the hallway. President of Polish Republic in exile, Raczkiewicz meets King Haakon VII of Norway; sit at table & drink cups off tea. CU musicians play violins, LS plane over. Ext. building of Anglo -Polish ballet, int. dance performance of Krakow Peasant Wedding. 13:07:34 Plane over clouds, airfield & mechanics fix planes, load spit fires. LS aircraft in flying, pilots get dressed in special gear, smoke & play cards, emergency signal, pilots run to planes, board them & take off, LS planes in sky. 13:09:13 Polish artist sketches, CU drawings of caricature of Winston Churchill. LS fighter planes in the air, ground force aims at planes, shooting, explosion. 13:10:05 Poles plan an exhibition, put together exhibition hall models. WWII Polish Governement in Exile; Asylum; Incentive;

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