Crisis in Poland around time of imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Large convoy of Soviet military bombers advances on countryside roads towards border of Poland. Soviet warplanes and helicopters strafe targets. A Soviet missile launched destroys its targets accurately. Tanks and Soviet amphibious vehicles cross a river. Infantry soldiers on alert at their posts along the Soviet-Polish border. Soldiers watch the border with binoculars.
Crisis in Poland around time of imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Threats of Soviet military intervention in Poland during the crisis period. Soviet ships and landing vehicles sail towards the coast of Communist Poland. Tanks and armored vehicles offload from amphibious vehicles on the shore. Views of Soviet Nayy sailors and Soviet Army soldiers in uniform. Soviet Russian MiG aircraft strafe targets at a beach. Soviet military helicopters flying in formation. Soviet military Generals and other officers during a meeting. Soviet missile and rocket launcher trucks move on a countryside road. Rockets launched from a Soviet rocket launcher.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Roman Catholic priests assembled at Monument to the Victims of June 1956 (Święty Marcin, 61-001 Poznań, Poland) in Poznan, Poland to pay homage to those died during the strikes and protest. A priest performs ceremonies at the venue. Polish trade union Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and others at the venue. The priest reads prayers standing near the memorial at the venue.
Crisis in Poland before the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Polish trade union Solidarity leader Lech Walesa enters a building with other solidarity leaders. A large crowd assembled on both the sides of the road. Solidarity leaders lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw (plac Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 1-3, 00-078 Warszawa, Poland). Press photographers take photos.
Crisis in Poland around time of imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. A church in the rural countryside in Poland. People go to church for prayers. Farmer tills his farm with a horse drawn plow. Men with vegetables produced in their fields. People buy fruits, vegetables and eatables from a vegetable marker. Women merchandise sell fruits. Solidarity party supporters discuss during a meeting.
Crisis in Poland following labor strikes and formation of the Polish trade union Solidarity. Fall of communist party Chief Edward Gierek and his replacement by Stanislaw Kania. Gierek during a television address. Kania during a Parliament Session address. Gierek and Kania arrive in a black Mercedes W123 car and walk inside a building.