Germany invades Poland in 1939 at start of World War 2. Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin. Axis soldiers marching (these appear to be Italian). Aerial view of the soldiers marching in formation. Airplanes flying in formation over a city. Scenery and landmakrs of Polish city of Gdansk Poland (Danzig) before the invasion. People walking on the streets. Various church and other buildings. German sailors on destroyers underway at sea. German sailors manning 20mm antiaircraft deck gun mounted on submarine. Polish infantry and cavalry rally to the defense of their homeland. Polish soldiers driving tankettes (TK or TKS or TK-3) in shallow water and on land. German troops using flame throwers. Smoke arises due to bombardment. German troops firing 77mm field artillery at a bridge. Dragons Teeth seen on the Siegfried Line. Shot of Mussolini giving speech . (Note: Almost no sound .)
A film about the Invasion of Poland in 1939 by German Army during World War II. A propeller of a Nazi aircraft rotates. The aircraft stationary at an airfield. The aircraft taxis. A wheel of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis off. Aerial photographs are taken. The troops seated inside the aircraft. The aircraft lands. A signal officer gives a signal. The pictures clicked are taken to developing unit. The troops study the pictures. A troops marks important targets on the photographs. Aerial photograph of Poland. A hand holds a photograph. The troops and officers seated around a table study the aerial photographs. The troops study the aerial photograph.
President of the People’s Republic of Poland, Dr. Boleslav Bierut, cuts a ribbon during the inauguration of the Raszyn radio transmitter (05-552 Łazy, Poland). View of the Raszyn radio transmitter from the ground. View of the Raszyn radio transmitter from the ground to its top. Polish flags during Raszyn radio transmitter inauguration.
The liberated Nazi concentration camp in Majdanek, Poland (also known as Maidanek) during World War 2. Surviving prisoners inside the barb wired fences of the concentration camp, near time of liberation by Soviet Russian Allied forces. Tattooed prisoner number on chest of a victim prisoner. Evidence of Nazi atrocities: Main chimney of crematorium. Ashes of human corpses that were burned at the camp. A group of seated German SS soldier prison guards, now POW, after capture by Soviet forces. Soviet Russian officials examine the clues from the concentration camp. Close up views of electrical sources and parts powering the barbed wire enclosures. Warning signboard on the fences. Guard towers and electrically charged barbed wire fencing. German guard pro-Nazi graffiti carved on a wooden fence post. Aerial view of large number of barracks in the camp at Lublin Poland, also known as KL Lublin. Clip is part of Nuremberg Trials prosecution exhibits 228, 229.
Russian troops and tanks enter Lublin, Poland. Russian troops drive out the Germans from Lublin, Poland. Ruined buildings in view. Civilians cheer and greet Russian soldiers. Russian soldiers with bunch of flowers. Dead bodies of Polish civilians. Lublin castle in view. Russian soldiers preside at a mass burial. Civilians weep and hug each other. (World War II period).
A map of Poland. German tanks and fuel are transported to the First Volksgrenadier Division at the Eastern Front. German soldiers on tanks are transported to the Eastern Front. The jeeps and tanks are loaded on railway tracks. Scenes of the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw, Poland. Men march along the road in large numbers. Leader of the Polish resistance General Tadeusz Komorowski also called Bor-Komorowski or Bór-Komorowski meets the SS (Schutzstaffel) leaders including Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski during capitulation discussions. Polish prisoners of the Polish Resistance army surrender arms to German captors as they march under German guard. (World War II period).