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WWII - 1939, German Film: Advance Into Poland R4 of 4

Reel Number: 300006

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1939,1930s,1940s

Country: Germany,Poland

Location:

TC Begins: 01:00:05

TC Ends: 01:08:09

Duration: 00:08:04

WWII - 1939, Poland: German Invasion Crossing Poland German soldiers walk along country road & w/ motorcycles, bicycles & trucks. 01:00:40 German truck watched by civilians in folk costume. Women throw flowers at truck. Civilians (ethnic Germans?) wave at soldiers & trucks, “Sieg heil!” salutes by civilians & Polish soldiers in front of Sad Grodzki (courthouse?) in town / city. 01:01:08 Civilian on ladder knocks down Polish street sign German w/ horses ride thru waving civilians (MCU) waving. Panzers / tanks come in. Crowd gives Nazi salute to German officers in cars, throw flowers, wave small swastika flags. German officer salutes crowd filling streets of ???. 01:02:06 MS German troops past smoking debris & burning apartment building. LS of street in ruins, bomb damaged buildings, flames. German soldiers walk among ruins followed by trucks. Destroyed tank on side of the road. 01:03:09 German soldiers w/ civilian w/ arms in air along street. Polish POWs) w/ airs in air gathered by German soldiers & searched. CU of civilian & Polish military prisoners. 01:03:47 Civilian w/ bandaged nose walks before line of Polish Nationalist prisoners, waves finger at older Polish officer who is taken away. 01:04:13 Young men wait in line. CU of Polish Nationalist man / prisoner standing in doorway. 01:04:26 Tilt down church / Cathedral clock tower, German troops leaving grounds. Int church / Cathedral w/ people praying, priest giving mass. MCU German soldiers exit church after mass. 01:05:03 Animated map showing German advance overland into Poland. Zoom in on Danzig. Pincer animation showing the battle of Tuchola Forest (Tucheler Heide). 01:05:56 LS of city / Danzig w/ black smoke in background. Aerial of German bombers, dropping bombs on coastline . 01:06:37 German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein near dock fires naval guns on Danzig at close range. German navy officers on deck watch bombs hit town & fire machine-gun. CU sailors dispose of spent shell-casings. GU sailor at shipboad telescope watching. Town on fire with black smoke. View from town as batleship keeps firing. 01:07:45 Night, or underexposed shot, w/ tracer bullets from ship. Town on fire. Abrupt end. WW2 Fall of Poland; German Invasion; 1930s; 1940s; Nazis; Luftwaffe; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi 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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