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Polish resistance during German occupation of Warsaw in World War II. Scenes of pre-war Warsaw.
Remains of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Workmen and equipment appear to be demolishing it. The words: "Wawer, 27 XII 39" painted on sidewalk. Passersby place flowers at the spot. At another spot on the sidewalk is painted: "Polska Zwyciezy"(Poland Wins). Cardboard caricatures of Hitler are raised on a building wall and hung from a lampost. Base of lampost, where people walk their dogs, being painted "Nur fuer Deutch" (only for Germans). Newspapers in 1944 reporting on the increased internal Polish armed resistance, or Warsaw Uprising, against the occupying German forces. Scenes of fire and destruction arising in this increasing conflict. Scenes of pre-war Warsaw Poland, including landmark buildings, city square areas, parks, and fountains during pre-war peace time.
Warsaw bombed by Germans in retaliation to 1944 uprising, various scenes of Warsaw before WW2
Newspapers around the world reporting on the bombing of Warsaw by Nazi Germany as retaliation for the Warsaw Uprising during World War 2. Newspaper headlines read, "Poles Fighting Inside Warsaw," and "Warsaw Being Razed by Hitler's Order," and "Warsaw's Plight" and "Warsaw Poles Fight Tanks in Streets." Scenes of Warsaw in flames as buildings are being bombed by German forces. Montage depicting Warsaw on fire. Scenes of Warsaw before WWII, including scenes such as the Warsaw Old Town Market Square (rynek Starego Miasta, 00-279 Warszawa, Poland), the column of Sigismund III Vasa (plac Zamkowy, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland), the Royal Palace (plac Zamkowy 4, 00-277 Warszawa, Poland) and the Lazienki Park, before World War 2. Statue of King Jan III Sobieski in Lazienki Park. Men strolling near a palace. Baroque gates in park.
Establishment of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its first launch of a ballistic missile.
Restrospective of the 1954 search for a suitable site for U.S. Air Force testing of ballistic missiles. Coastal area with ocean in the background. Officials look over charts, maps, photographs as they select the site for Vandenberg Air Force Base. In January, 1958, view of building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base' Entrance of the headquarters as Major General David Wade walks out. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen attend missile training classes. Airmen work on assembly of Thor missiles . U.S. Air Force officers and airmen operate missile launch consoles in a launch control center. November, 1958, Thor intermediate range missile on a trailer being delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Trailer backs up to the launch pad. December, 16, 1958, the Thor missile on launch pad venting gases. U.S. Air Forces officers at a launch console. The Thor missile is launched. RAF airmen watch missile in flight.
Polish prisoners after the liberation of Auschwitz Nazi German concentration camp in Poland during World War II.
Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland after its liberation by Soviet troops towards the end of World War II. Bunk beds at Auschwitz show camp prisoners. Electrified fences at the camp. 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign at Auschwitz. A sign reads '6000 volt raum vorsicht lebensgefahr'. Women prisoners inside barracks. Pictures of various prisoners, from Poland, Czechoslovakia,and Hungary and Jews, Romanians,and others.
German tanks, troops and cavalry advance for the Invasion of Poland in 1939.
Invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939: German tanks, troops and cavalry on the move. They advance towards Poland. Soldiers on tanks. Horsemen advance through fields. Soldiers march on a road. Soldiers on horses. Soldiers lift a barricade on the border to let the troops pass. Soldiers on motorcycles in a field. Enemy fire through the trees. Soldiers jump out of the motorbikes and lie low in the field. Fire in prone position.
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.
