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Long line of civilians lined outside ration shops due to acute shortage of ration and eatables, during Poland Crisis.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Civilians lined outside a ration shop. Scanty eatables due to their acute shortage during the crisis. The storekeeper accepts tokens and gives bread packets to a woman. A man walks out with two bread rolls and points towards ration shop.

Date: 1981
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056619
Solidarity party leader Lech Walesa at a meeting and armed soldiers doing flag march on roads of cities, during Poland Crisis.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Martial Law and repression of solidarity by the military government. Lech Walesa speaks to an assembly of solidarity party workers. The message of General Jaruzelski shown on television, declaring martial law in the nation. Soldiers with rifles and bayonets march on roads of cities. Civilians stand on sides of roads and watch the parading troops of soldiers.

Date: 1981
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056620
Pope John Paul II lights a lamp kept in window of a church, seen from the entrance of church in midnight, Poland.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Pope John Paul II lights a lamp in window of a church. Pope lights the lamp in midnight and the midnight prayer bells ring just after it.

Date: 1981
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056621
Communist government guards spray water hoses to disperse solidarity people from mourning and demonstration, during crisis in Poland.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. A crowd gathered in a public park to pay homage to striking workers died in firing of government guards. Large number of women among the crowd. Government vehicles and guards arrive at the venue. A machine sprays a water jet on the people to disperse them from the venue. The park emptied by the guards. General Wojciech Jaruzelski addresses the parliament. Another crowd protesting on streets dispersed by government guards.

Date: 1981
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056622
Civilians in a church pray during religious ceremony in a church and raise hands making victory note, during crisis in Poland.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Polish civilians celebrate a religious mass inside a Roman Catholic church. A priest wearing golden vestments lead the mass. People raise their hands in victory note and pray. A picture of a golden Virgin Mary with the Polish flag in the background is shown inside the church.

Date: 1981
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056623
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.

Date: 1939
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050458