Battle of Westerplatte as Germany invades and occupies Poland in World War 2. Railway track by the port of Danzig with a German Battleship Schleswig-Holstein in the background. The battleship fires at the coastal area of the Westerplatte. Explosions with smoke rising at the Port. Officer looks through binoculars. German sailors load and fire artillery. Polish soldiers show peace flags and surrender to the Germans. A German officer offers cigarettes to Polish soldiers. 'Marynarka' written on Polish soldier's cap.
Germany invades Poland. Wounded German soldiers on stretchers being transferred onto an aircraft for medical treatment. War damaged buildings in Poland. Wrecked vehicles on streets. German artillery with army trucks in the background.
The German attack on Poland, at Danzig (Gdansk) triggering World War 2. Views of German artillery firing at fort and buildings across a stretch of water. German artilleryman looking through periscopic binoculars. Smoke rising from the shelling. German troops firing machine guns. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein is seen bombarding Polish army defenses at Westerplatte. (The battleship had entered the harbor and anchored off Westerplatte, in August, under the false pretense of a friendly visit.) Columns of smoke rising from fires started by the shelling. German troops advancing toward Gdynia in armored cars and trucks. A German officer on horseback. A German soldier on a motorcycle. Two German Panzer II tanks moving down a muddy slope as invasion begins. Army vehicles on wet roads and infantry making their way across a shallow streams. Infantry marching along a road. Closeups of the German soldiers as they pass the camera. Officers in a staff car. View from a height of smoke rising from fires on the ground in distance, mixing with cumulus clouds above. (Note: some English narrative begins late in the film, around TC: 00:58)
Germany invades Poland. The view of a bridge with a damaged railway track in Poland. Ruins in the city after bombing. German soldiers on horse carts. Troops load and fire artillery. Rifles kept on snow covered surface. German ski troops advance in winter clothing. Soldiers load and fire artillery at Polish enemy on hillside. British and Polish prisoners of war march on street.
Manufacture of rifles in the United States for World War 1. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards are made. Bayonets and browning machine gun barrels are forged. Parts of the browning gun are cut, trimmed, filed and assembled. Workers inside the factory as they work on machinery.
Manufacture and testing of guns in the United States during World War 1. Rifle bars, stocks and trigger guards being made. Workers place rifle on a stand in the factory. Group of people look through periscope of the rifle for its accuracy. They fire from a window at targets placed outside on the ground, to test the rifles.
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