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Polish refugees receive Red Cross aid as they reach Iran during World War II.

Polish refugees in Iran during World War II. The refugees walking in an area. People with their personal belongings loaded on carts walk on a street in Poland in 1939. They line up for food. A map locates the route traveled by the refugees. They reach Iran. They receive Red Cross aid. People receive clothes and shoes. They establish a village. People eat food. Children study in schools. Men and women work. They join and serve the U.S. Army.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077076
Hitler meets Austrian-born SS Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny at Wolf’s Lair during World War II.

At the Führer Headquarters (Führerhauptquartiere ) Wolf’s Lair, Gierłoż, Poland, German leader and Führer Adolf Hitler walks in a garden with a group of Nazi senior officials during World War 2. Hitler salutes guards while passing them. Hitler and the group of officials enter headquarters. Hitler meets with Otto Skorzeny, an Austrian-born SS Lieutenant Colonel ( Obersturmbannführer ) in the Waffen-SS. View of Skorzeny talking to Hitler.

Date: 1943, February
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078956
Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy debate over a fight against communism prior to presidential elections in the U.S.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and allows correspondent Walter Cronkite to ask Senator Kennedy a question. Mr. Cronkite asks Senator Kennedy that in what areas the United States might take offensive against communism rather than being defensive to the Soviet Union. Senator Kennedy replies to the question and says that the eastern Europe is very vulnerable area according to him. He says there should be policies which make it possible to establish closer relation with a country like Poland and he also mentions the Hungarian Revolution. Senator Kennedy speaks about the relations between the Soviet Union and China. He says that India represents a great area for affirmative action by the free world. India started from about the same place that China did. India under a free society has been making some progress. But if India does not succeed, Communism can take over. He says that in Africa, Asia, Latin America, eastern Europe, the great force on their side is the desire of people to be free. Correspondent Howe asks Vice President Nixon to comment on the topic. Nixon speaks about Poland and says that Poland in not in a position to take any independent position under Soviet control. He talks about aids being sent to Poland from the U.S. and says that the U.S. can have more exchange with Poland or with any other Iron Curtain countries.

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073673
German propaganda film in World War II justifies German presence in Poland based on threat of Polish expansionism into Germany

German propaganda film during World War 2, before invasion of Poland, entitled 'Feuertaufe' meaning baptism by fire. A polish soldier on horseback sounds a bugle. What appears to be a newspaper, shows image of Polish Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz; artillery; and warplanes; and comments about Polish military resistance. Narrator refers to Poland, and Britain at war with Germany. A parade of Polish cavalry units, airplanes, armored units and tanks before Polish military leader Edward Smigly-Rydz. A map illustrates Poland's presumed expansionist policies, including the conquest of Slovak Republic; the German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; and threatening Germany, itself. Referring to Danzig Narrator says: "But Danzig is German." Large crowd in Danzig listen to Nazi Gaulieter Albert Forster. German- Danzig troops patrol and construct razor wire obstacles. German flag and symbols on buildings in Danzig. German troops seen in Poland. Views of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, underway and entering the harbor at Danzig as crowd on docks cheers. A row of German JU-87 Stuka dive bombers parked on a field. Other German warplanes, including float planes, and twin engine bombers.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675037610
U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the Polish Solidarity Movement and condemns repression by the Polish military government.

President Reagan addresses the crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. United States President Ronald Reagan delivers an address from his office in White House, Washington DC. President Reagan expresses empathy with the solidarity movement. He condemns the repression of the Polish military government. Reagan also speaks against the support of the Polish military government by the Soviet Union. He leaves a message of unity with the Solidarity Movement in Poland by recounting the lyrics of a well known Polish song, ";let Poland be Poland...."

Date: 1981, December 23
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056624
German Luftwaffe (Air Force) undertakes bombing campaign to overcome Polish resistance in Warsaw, during World War II

German aircraft drop leaflets all over the city of Warsaw, during World War 2. They contain the following message (translated from the German): "Soldiers and inhabitants of Warsaw! Poland is occupied. Only the Modlin fortress is resisting. Warsaw is surrounded by German troops.The suburbs are already in our hands. You will be committing a crime if you open this megacity to the fortress." Polish troops still holding out,reject a call to capitulate. Under white flags, foreign diplomats and such are seen leaving Warsaw, past a German barricade. The Warsaw Citadel and surrounding Polish military defenses (Fortress Warsaw) are seen in an aerial reconnaissance photograph. German officers walk in a group along a railway in Poland. Hermann Goering, head of the German Air Forces, consults with his Generals about a bombing campaign against the Polish defense positions. Goering and Adolf Hitler seated in a railroad car with staff officers. Slate alludes to the Polish military commanders making Warsaw into a virtual fortress including an armed civilian population; and if it is not surrendered, the resistance must be broken. September 25, 1939, shows German fliers readying warplanes for air campaign against Poland. A German pilot in his cockpit. View from German airplane flying over Poland. Beautiful cloud formations in background.

Date: 1939, September 25
Duration: 4 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675037618