Fires burning uncontrolled from German bombing and shelling of towns in Poland during World War II. German tanks and troops moving slowly along smoke filled street. Warehouses on fire. Team of horses pulling refugees and wagon load of belongings. German soldiers restringing utility wires in midst of smoke. It appears that everything except stone and concrete is on fire. Numerous Polish refugees, including some former soldiers,leaving the burning towns with belongings in wagons pulled by horses and oxen. Vehicles in the bottoms of bomb craters. Abandoned wagons and vehicles clutter a country road. A dead horse. Polish artillery pieces scattered about in a creek. Polish civilians digging makeshift graves and burying shrouded dead. A woman stands alone, arms akimbo, silhouetted next to chimney, which is all that remains of her cottage, as refugees pass in horse-drawn wagons. Polish people trying to resume their lives during World War 2 in the midst of ruins. A church building still standing. German troops preparing to load a wounded soldier into a waiting airplane, for medical evacuation.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German aircraft take off. The aircraft fly over country side. A fleet of aircraft. The aircraft bomb Warsaw. Men attach bombs to Stukas.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Hermann Wilhelm Goering discusses the part played by the Air Force in German conquests. Various German aircraft fly. Soldiers stand with anti aircraft gun. German aircraft fly over open water on the way to England. Shows airmen in the aircraft.
Germany invades Poland. German soldiers march in the city led by a German band. A German soldier pets a dog, Polish people on the street. Polish engineers reconstruct a damaged bridge. Workers weld and carry equipment during the bridge construction.
Germany invades Poland. German soldiers patrol on streets with rifles in hand. Troops march on street led by a band. German officers on horses and horse carts on road.
Germany invades Poland. German soldiers give soup to Polish civilians. They stand in line with bowls in hand. A Polish mother feeds soup to her infant.