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"Tale of a City" Polish citizens evacuate, scavenge on horse carcass, fire cannon at Luftwaffe during aerial bombing of Warsaw by Nazi Germany in WW2
Coat of arms of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Aerial bombing of Warsaw by German Luftwaffe during the invasion of Poland in World War 2. German soldiers fire artillery. People run for safety in devastated streets of Warsaw. A building in Warsaw lay in ruins. Soldiers and tanks rolling through country after Dunkirk. Warsaw in smoke during aerial bombings by German Luftwaffe. A burned car on street in Warsaw. Polish citizens evacuating as streets of Warsaw in smoke from German aerial bombings. Dead horses in Warsaw street. Polish man cuts horse carcass for meat. Horse skeleton after being scavenged by hungry Poles. People evacuate from burning Warsaw Radio building. German occupying forces enter Warsaw. In Rakow, near Warsaw, Polish and German officers, including Polish officer Kutrzwea and Colonel Aleksander Praglowski along with General Johannes von Blaskowitz sign the surrender of Warsaw in a railroad car on 29 September 1939
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) undertakes bombing campaign to overcome Polish resistance in Warsaw, during World War II
German aircraft drop leaflets all over the city of Warsaw, during World War 2. They contain the following message (translated from the German): "Soldiers and inhabitants of Warsaw! Poland is occupied. Only the Modlin fortress is resisting. Warsaw is surrounded by German troops.The suburbs are already in our hands. You will be committing a crime if you open this megacity to the fortress." Polish troops still holding out,reject a call to capitulate. Under white flags, foreign diplomats and such are seen leaving Warsaw, past a German barricade. The Warsaw Citadel and surrounding Polish military defenses (Fortress Warsaw) are seen in an aerial reconnaissance photograph. German officers walk in a group along a railway in Poland. Hermann Goering, head of the German Air Forces, consults with his Generals about a bombing campaign against the Polish defense positions. Goering and Adolf Hitler seated in a railroad car with staff officers. Slate alludes to the Polish military commanders making Warsaw into a virtual fortress including an armed civilian population; and if it is not surrendered, the resistance must be broken. September 25, 1939, shows German fliers readying warplanes for air campaign against Poland. A German pilot in his cockpit. View from German airplane flying over Poland. Beautiful cloud formations in background.
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.
Liberation of Warsaw by the Soviet Red Army (WW2)
Warsaw is liberated by Soviet troops during World War II. Soviet artillery fire victory salvo to celebrate the liberation of Warsaw in Moscow at night. Aerial view of Warsaw, Poland after its liberation. Smoke rises from destroyed buildings and structures. Shows Hitler and German troops in Poland in 1939 and the final surrender to Germany. Stalin and Russian generals. German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler and his generals in Warsaw during its 1939 siege. Warsaw sign in Polish stands in front of Hitler and his group. German infantry troops firing in prone position. Buildings engulfed in flames as Warsaw held out for 18 days. Civilian refugees panic on the street. Polish garrison, commanded under General Walerian Czuma, officially capitulated to the Germans. German General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz and Generalmajor Bruno Bieler in a meeting inside a bus for signing of surrender. Polish colonel Aleksander Praglowski seen at window of bus during signing. Polish women watch as captured Polish Army soldiers are led to captivity. Polish prisoners of war (POW) gather on a field. The Red Army fight German Wehrmacht troops in Russia. Red Army tank move across the battlefield. Pillars of smoke rises far from the tanks. Howitzers and Katyusha rocket launcher firing at night. Soviet tanks on fire. Rear view of soldiers advancing in smoky battlefield. Devastation in Warsaw after its liberation by Soviet forces. Polish civilians in bombed streets, some holding newspapers. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov uses a compass on a map. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of the 2nd Belorussian Front talks to military officers. Marshal Ivan Konev of the 1st Ukrainian Front smokes a long cigarette. View of the Kremlin. Josef Stalin smiles in the Kremlin.
The German invasion and destruction of Warsaw, Poland in World War II
German invasion and destruction of Warsaw, Poland, during World War 2. Smoke rises from the distant burning city of Warsaw. Germans soldiers fire artillery shells on the city. People run through the devastated city streets. Ruins of smoking and wrecked buildings. German troops, vehicles and heavy armor advance along the road to Warsaw. Smoke rising from city square. Scene shows dead horses and horse skeletons on the streets. Man cuts meat off a horse's corpse. A building on fire. Narrator talks about final broadcast of Warsaw Radio in September, and the unique chime sound of the Warsaw Radio program is heard. Exact Warsaw locations shown are unknown, but some shots could be from the Warsaw Ghetto.
The invasion and siege of Warsaw, Poland by German forces during World War II
The German viewpoint of events during the Polish Campaign in Warsaw, Poland, during World War 2. Ostensibly to spare Warsaw from destruction, German soldiers, in a mobile communications center, issue an ultimatum from the German High Command, to the Commander of the city of Warsaw, demanding capitulation of defending forces within 12 hours. A German Junkers Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft parked at a small airport. The aircraft takes off (to disperse handbills with this message.) A German Dornier DO-17 bomber takes off. Next, a German checkpoint is seen clogged with vehicles amd persons attempting to leave the city. Narrator states that only 870 members of the Diplomatic Corps and 1200 foreigners elected to leave. They are seen departing along a road set aside for that purpose by the German High Command. German officers supervise their departure. One,carrying Japanese diplomats, bears a large Japanese flag on its roof. Next, the siege of Warsaw begins, with German gunners loading and firing a 305mm siege mortar. They take refuge in a trench behind the weapon when it fires. Other German field artillery firing, including a 75mm field piece, a 15 cm sfh18 german heavy field howitzer and others not seen. German gunners using periscopic range finding equipment and looking through binoculars to direct artillery. A freight train hit by gunfire. More German 15cm sFH 18 guns firing. German troops watching the artillery barrages from a trench. Smoke rising in distance. More sfh18s firing. Smoke clouds forming above the city. Adolf Hitler observing the artillery siege through periscopic binoculars. Tops of the heads of his officer entourage (their uniform caps) as they crowd around Hitler. More smoke rising as the artillery barrages continue. Adolf Hitler holding binoculars as he stands in the company of army officers. He, and they, look up at sound of aircraft overhead. View of Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers low overhead. Aerial view of smoke on ground and formed into billowing clouds above the city. View from cockpit of observation plane, of smoke rising from Warsaw citadel.
