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German occupation, martial law, and Danish resistance in Denmark during World War II

Film about Denmark after the Nazi German occupying force declared martial law and state of war with Denmark, in 1943-44 during World War 2. It was made by Danes and smuggled out of Denmark during that period. Opens with view of a church building and flocks of birds. Views of German army troops marching into Copenhagen, Denmark on 9 April 1940. SS troops dressed in black, marching. German soldiers carrying rifles with fixed bayonets, goosestepping. A fire burning at site sabotaged by Danish resistance elements in 1943. Derailed trains carrying goods to Germany. Fire at a German factory. Danish workers with bicycles staging a strike in protest German measures in response to resistance actions. Danes gathered in outdoor observance memorializing those killed by the Germans. A shop owned by German sympathizers (Quislings) destroyed by other Danes. People gathered on street on 29 August 1943, when the occupying German forces attacked the remaining Danish garrison and declared martial law. Announcement posted in Danish on a wall. View of Danish Naval vessels ordered scuttled by the Danish Admiralty, including the coastal defense ship,Peder-Skram, seen in front of a large building, the submarine, Havfruen (not seen) and others seen sunk at docks in Copenhagen harbor. Bullet hole through a glass window. A week later, on Sunday, 5 September, 1943, a German Panzer light tank is seen moving on a street, as pedestrians go about their business in Copenhagen. German soldiers patrolling on a motorcycle with sidecar. A man holding his hands up as he is hustled through a crowd under arrest by a German in black uniform (possibly Gestapo or SS). Motorcycle driving through pedestrians on the sidewalk. Spectators line a fence by an open field near a building labeled "Badstue Badminton." One, a woman, speaks through the fence to a Danish soldier interned there. View of the quarters of the Royal Guard at Rosenborg, occupied by German soldiers and with Nazi flag flying above it. Civilian relatives of interned men wait outside army headquarters for news about them. A courtyard, during a mass funeral, is filled with memorial flower wreaths covering the coffins of Danish soldiers and civilians killed by the Germans. Camera focuses on a wreath from King Christian of Denmark, among the many others. Two German soldiers march up a path at the Royal Residence Amalienborg, where King Christian is arrested. Views from moving camera as Danish flags are seen flying all over the city of Copenhagen, on 26 September, 1943, to celebrate the King's 73rd Birthday. The major exception is the Nazi Gestapo headquarters in the "Shellhus" (the prewar Shell Oil offices) shown in isolation. Views of people moving their belongings on hand carts after their homes were taken over by Germans. The slogan in English, "Do it well and do it now,"is seen left by Danish resistance fighters where they sabotaged a German military installation.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036548
Civilians, soldiers and officers gather in a field and on a hill to welcome Marshal Pilsudski, Poland's Commander in Chief.

Marshal Jozef Klemens Pilsudski, Poland's Commander in chief, welcomed in Poland. People gather. Field Marshal walks in followed by field officers. Field decorated with flower and flags. Crowd gathers on a hill and in the field. People walk on a road. Soldiers stand aligned beside the road.

Date: 1920
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026038
Solidarity leaders lay wreath to the grave of a unknown solider and press photographers take photos during Poland Crisis.

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.

Date: 1981
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Polish
Clip: 65675056609
Civilians pray in church and farmers sell their harvest to civilians in countryside, during Poland Crisis.

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.

Date: 1981
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056614
Polish refugees move back as German trucks and troops advances in Poland during Word War II.

Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German motorcyclists, trucks, cavalry and infantry advance as Polish refugees move back. Damaged buildings and bridges. Maps of German conquest of Poland and the capture of Warsaw.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675057606
German troops advance through Warsaw as Poland surrenders during World War II.

Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Polish officers and Polish soldiers move out of Warsaw after Poland's surrender. German soldiers celebrate their victory and examine Polish prisoners. Polish military prisoners being driven out of the area aboard fire trucks and other vehicles. Views of Polish civilian refugees, bomb craters, and ruins of a bombed railway station. German troops advance through Warsaw. Large mass of Polish citizens gathered to receive food aid. Civilians receive bread from German troops. Polish officers leaving the military headquarters building, and the German soldiers and officers enter Polish military headquarters.

Date: 1939
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675057608