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Scenes of Invasion of Poland and Denmark by Germany, as covered during the Nuremberg Trials.
Flashbacks of Nazi activities during World War II presented during Nuremberg Trials. Chief prosecutor from Great Britain, Hartley Shawcross, presents Count No 2, Crimes Against Peace, meaning wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. Lieutenant Colonel Schumt relates Adolf Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. View of a truck and uniformed Germans marching and agitating in Poland to advocate annexation by Germany (under Albert Forster). On August 23, 1939, Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop sign Russian-German non-aggression pact. Flashback view of convoy of German tanks moving near farm fields toward Poland. View of Pope Pius XII and then Franklin Delano Roosevelt appealling to Germany not to attack Poland or other sovereign nations. Raucous laughter in Reichstag as Hitler addresses German leaders and describes the appeal by Roosevelt. September 1, 1939, scenes of German troops invading Poland as Luftwaffe begins mass bombing raid. Artillery guns fire, troops in jeeps, personnel carriers, and motorcycles stream into Poland. Aerial view of Luftwaffe aircraft in formation approaching Poland and bombing Polish cities. Bombs away view as bombs fall from aircraft to ground and explosions and smoke seen on ground in Poland. City buildings in Poland seen in flames and crumbling to the ground. Line of German Wehrmacht Army forces marching on roadways into invaded territory. German Army seen invading Denmark on April 9, 1940. German sailors aboard fast moving German ship. German army soldiers aiming machine guns. Camera view of German tank as tank gun is lowered directly toward camera. German forces occupy a North Sea dock area of coastal Denmark, German tanks and vehicles drive on streets and sidewalks in Denmark as Danish citizens run and leap out of the way. Danish citizens stand quietly along sides of a road as German Army marches into a city of Denmark.
German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marching before Danzig Town Hall. During World War II .
Square overlooking Danzig Town Hall (Długa 46, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland) are filled with flags and banners of Nazi Germany during World War 2. A crowd watches a Nazi marching band in the square. German 60th Infantry Division (60th Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle) marches in the streets of Danzig holding their banner. The Nazi Wehrmacht infantry marches past the front of Danzig ( Gdansk ) Główny Central Train Station (Podwale Grodzkie 2, 80-895 Gdańsk, Poland). Rows of German soldiers neatly lined up as Zug (platoon) marches into place. Soldiers execute the Inspector Arms formation, showing their rifles. Saluting SS officials in Danzig. German soldiers standing in formation. SS generals walking by soldiers as they do the Nazi salute. A group of German soldiers standing with a Nazi banner displaying the words “Feldherrnhalle”, “Deutschland” and “Erwache” (“Feldherrnhalle. Germany Wake up”). Danzig town square filled with Nazi banners and Feldhernnhalle Wehrmacht soldiers standing in formation. “Feldherrnhalle” banner on display. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching. General performing the Nazi salute. Feldhernnhalle soldiers marching in the Long Lane (Ulica Długa in Polish, Langgasse in German) leading to the Danzig Town Hall.
Aerial view of Berlin, Danzig (Gdansk) and Königsberg (Kaliningrad) from Junkers F 13 passenger aircraft in flight
Aerial view of Berlin as seen from a flying aircraft. Major landmarks such as Humbolt University, Unter den Linden Avenue, Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the Victory Column (Siegessäule) are seen below. Aerial view of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) as aircraft approach for landing. St. Mary’s Church is seen. Ships in the port of Gdańsk. Pilot and airport staff help men and women disembark from the Junkers F 13 aircraft after landing in Königsberg (Kaliningrad, Russia).
German invasion of Poland in 1939
Adolf Hitler addresssing the Bundestag in Berlin. Animated map shows Berlin, Warsaw, and higlights Danzig and the Polish corridor. Newspaper headline reads 'Poles will fight for Danzig.' Polish officer addressing recruits. Polish women and children watching as they march off. Polish women and old men and youths digging trench fortifications. Animated map shows Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Map shows Vistula River and tributaries. Map shows Polish defense options. Map illustrates Nazi plan to launch pincer movements around the Polish defenses. Views of German forces marshaling near the Polish border in August, 1939. Polish infantry moving in horse-drawn wagons, supported by old fashioned horse cavalry. Film illustrates dramatic difference in military might, contrasting German armor, aircraft,and numbers to that of Poland. Closeup of German airmen loading bomb under their aircraft. German heavy artillery and siege mortar firing. German Panzer I light tank charging through snow. Motorized German forces entering Poland on September 1st, 1939. German Heinkel HE 111 bomber taking off toward the camera. Several Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers taking off. German aircraft strafing Polish aircraft on an airbase. Aircraft exploding on the ground. A Dornier Do 17 bomber maneuvering. More views from German aircraft strafing Polish aircraft on the ground. Formation of He 111 aircraft in flight. Gunner firing from blister in bomber. Two Polish P50A fighter planes being fired upon and exploding in air. Aerial view of German Me Bf 109 as it maneuvers nearby. Me Bf 109 firing guns and flying through white smoke. A Polish P50 streaming black smoke. Another gunner in bomber firing and hitting a Polish P-50. An aircraft crashing in flames. More He 111 bombers. Glimpse of bombardier in He 111. Bombs striking Polish bridges, roads, railroads, etc. Closeup of Stuka dive bomber starting dive down on target. Polish civilians fleeing in a field. A stuka diving as children watch from hiding places. Bombs bursting near railroad. Closeup of German airman in cockpit. Polish cavalry charging. German tank tows a field artillery piece across a shallow river, A destroyed bridge in background. A Panzer I light tank emerges from the stream. German soldiers racing across the Vistula River in long powered boats. Series of maps show situation from September 5th as Germans advance and Poles retreat, ending with encirclement of Warsaw and defeat of Polish forces. Scenes of Warsaw, encircled and bombarded, but not yet fallen. Firemen respond to bombing and shelling. Buildings crumble. Germans load and fire 142mm Howitzers. Scenes of destruction from shelling. A factory chimney falls. Hitler at the front observing bombardment. Women and children seek shelter in the city. Dead horses in streets. September 27th Warsaw capitulates and German troops occupy it. Map shows Polish forces still resist in the Westerplatte fortress. German battleship, Schleswig-Holstein, firing her guns. Defenders raise white flag on October 1st, 1939. Polish prisoners marching away (one seen barefoot). Polish Nazi collaborator points out persons for arrest. Poles lined up by a pit for execution. German machine gunners firing. Glimpse of Nazi Heinrich Himmler. Bodies of executed. Polish women mourning the dead. Closeups of Polish women, children and old man. A woman throws fuel on a funeral pyre. Closeups of mourning women and girls. Hitler's Ju 52 transport plane takes off. Inside he talks with military passengers. Profile of Hitler silhouetted against the sky, looking at burning city of Warsaw. Russian army entering Poland talks with German officer. Sign boards in England say Britain declares war. French forces respond, marching from Caserne Maginot Barracks. British bombers attack German warships in the Kiel canal. German sailors rush to battle stations and fire anti-aircraft gun. Bombs away view as British planes bombs German Navy.
Civilians lined outside commodity shops and workers at the Gdansk Shipyard call a strike during the Poland crisis of 1980.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Civilians wait in long lines to buy food and ration from shops due to acute shortage. An idle sewing machine in a tailor's shop. A couple buys eatables from a shop. Ships at the Gdansk Shipyard. Ship building workers raise flags and move on strike against the imposition of Martial Law. Workers close the gates of the shipyard. A huge crowd of people on a strike. Citizens on other side of gate hand food and drink through the gate to help striking workers. A man and a woman distribute printed circulars to the striking people.
People follow solidarity leader Lech Walesa demonstrate against Martial Law and strike at Gdansk Shipyard during Poland crisis.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Negotiations and legalization of solidarity movement and its leaders during strike at the Gdansk Shipyard. A huge crowd of civilians stands outside a building and collects journals from a man. People and solidarity leaders on strike, demonstrate against Martial Law raising flags and banners. Solidarity leaders and their followers sing songs and the solidarity leader Lech Walesa addresses the assembly of people.
