During the German invasion of Poland during World War II, a German soldier holds a young child. Other German Army troops distribute bread and canned food to Polish civilian children and older women. One young boy appears to be wearing a German soldier's hat. A large German military band plays in a large plaza in a Polish city. Civilians gather to watch. The streets are crowded with Polish civilians and German soldiers of various ranks. Young Polish children and older women wait to collect soup from a large communal pot. They offer up plates, bowls, pots, and pitchers to be filled by two civilian women in aprons. Close shots of several boys and girls under the age of 10 receiving rations and bread. A young mother feeds a small child. The noncombatant families eat in a large group. Elderly Polish men eat at a long table with the Nazi flag in the background.
Long shot aerial view from a low-flying airplane shows airport in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Poland. View of many German Air Force planes, as well as various outbuildings. Narrator describes that after the German invasion of Poland during World War II, the Germans took over the airfield to use for their own military aircraft and operations. Bomb craters on ground from German bombing on September 1st, 1939. View from inside a hangar looking outward on destroyed aircraft debris. More shots of debris on the airfield. Several Polish aircraft are shown in various states of ruin. German soldier approaches a Polish biplane with gun damage to the skin of the fuselage.
World War II German propaganda clip shows prisoners of war in a German prison camp in German-occupied Poland receiving food and supplies. View from upper story window shows long lines of captive soldiers on the street below who stand waiting to receive provisions. The captives appear to be from the Polish and British militaries. German soldiers hand out the supplies, and the POW troops thank the German men as they receive goods. A well-groomed officer of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) stands in front of a microphone and addresses the camera, reporting that he and his fellow soldiers have received good treatment at the camps. He says that they have "good quarters, adequate food, and no complaints." The airman smiles as he turns to step away from the microphone.
Narrator discusses the logistics of the parry right move with the fixed bayonet, over slow motion front view footage of the move without an opponent. Move is then demonstrated and discussed with an opponent soldier. Finally, the full sequence (parry, long thrust, withdrawal, guard position) is shown in slow motion and at full speed.
Slow motion demonstration of the main bayonet attack sequence. Guard position, long thrust attack, withdrawal, short thrust attack, withdrawal, jab attack, back to guard position. Narrator says the names of each movement of the sequence as the soldier demonstrating reaches them.
Pre World War 2: U.S. Army description and demonstration of the use of the training stick in bayonet practice. The training stick is a long stick with a loop at the base end and padding at the far end. Footage of two soldiers practicing and switching roles by throwing the training stick and bayonet to one another, then practicing again. They practice on a large field, with suspended straw dummies behind them. Further in the distance, more soldiers can be seen walking in a line.
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