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German Army and SS (Schutzstaffel) Troops fight Polish resistance in Warsaw, Poland.

German Army and SS (Schutzstaffel) Troops fight Polish resistance in Warsaw. A map shows Warsaw. German troops crush the Warsaw Uprising. The German army troops operating tanks and heavy artillery. Smoke rises up due to explosions as Germans bombard Warsaw. A German soldier looks through binoculars. German take a Polish prisoner. Tanks and artillery on roads of Warsaw during street fighting in Warsaw. German soldiers fire rifles and machine guns. Close up views of faces of German soldiers in combat. German artillery fired. A dead body of a Polish resistance fighter on the street, wearing a resistance armband. German General Reiner Stahel pores over a map with other German officers fighting against the Polish resistance. Rubble on streets. Point of view shots from German guns and German positions targeting Polish resistance positions. German set demolition charges and blow up parts of walled off buildings. The Germans take prisoners and escort male prisoners and sympathizers at a railroad station with trains in background. Polish prisoners walk under German guard. Precise locations in Warsaw unknown, but some scenes could be from the Warsaw Ghetto. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675054005
World wide demonstration in various nations supporting Polish solidarity and freedom from military rule, during Poland crisis.

Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. World wide demonstrations and protests against the military rule in Poland supported by Soviet government. A large crowd of demonstrators in Tokyo, Japan protests on roads carrying banners and their leader addresses on a microphone. A solidarity leader addresses an assembly of demonstrators in Lisbon, Portugal. Protesters assemble at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Girls with Polish flags sing freedom songs. Hans Dietrich Gentscher from Federal Republic of Germany addresses the people assembled. U.S. Senator Henry Jackson and Dr Jerzy Milesewski support the solidarity and Polish people. A huge demonstration in London with people holding banners and placards in support of solidarity in Poland. Civilians demonstrate on the snow covered roads of Ottawa in Canada. People shout for freedom of Poland. A leader reads his speech. A large crowd assembled to support solidarity in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Ambassador to United Nations condemns the Soviet supported military rule in Poland. German Confederation Labor leader supports Polish solidarity during a summit in Germany. A crowd demonstrates in Philadelphia and marches for Polish solidarity. People in a church pray for freedom and prosperity of Polish people.

Date: 1982
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056627
German WW2 V-1 flying bomb drop target test and explosion.

German V-1 rocket testing in Udetfeld (present-day Mierzecice, Poland) during World War 2. Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). During WWII, a wingless V-1 flying bomb without wings attached is seen descending to ground below, missing its target and exploding.

Date: 1944, March 15
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079139
German V-1 prototype bomb is dropped at an altitude of 2000 meters and explodes during WW2 testing.

German V-1 rocket testing in Udetfeld (present-day Mierzecice, Poland) during World War 2. Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). Information on “Flakzielgerät 76 Zünder 106” (“Flak target device 76 Detonator 106” in English). V-1 doodlebug prototype is dropped from an altitude of 2000 meters during testing in Udetfeld. The V-1 flying bomb explodes after hitting the ground.

Date: 1944, March 16
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079140
Views of Auschwitz concentration camp and liberating Soviet soldiers near the end of World War 2

Auschwitz Concentration camp of the Nazi Germans in Auschwitz, Poland during World War II. Women and children prisoners of the camp walk along the barbed wire fencing. Male prisoners and survivors of the camp. Snow covered barracks and buildings. A map of the gas chamber and other parts of the camp. Women and children prisoners at the camp. Electrically charged barbed wire fencing. Torture equipment at the camp. Old and sick women inmates look out from windows and talk to each other. Clip is part of Nuremberg Trials prosecution exhibits 228, 229.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675037238
Allied forces prepare for D-Day, also known as 'Operation Overlord' (WW2)

'Eve of Battle' depicts the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Slave labor from Nazi Germany-invaded countries construct Atlantic Wall. German artillery and fortifications in the Atlantic Wall. Nazi German soldiers marching in groups. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shake hands with Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin sit together during the Tehran Conference in December 1943. Exiled Allied leaders such as General Charles de Gaulle of France, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Dr. Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia inspect Allied troops. Various Allied troops from Poland, Norway, England, United States, and Czechoslovakia prepare to launch an invasion in France. Eisenhower along with other officers plans the European invasion. Allied ships and aircraft on their way to Europe. Allied bombers drop bombs over Nazi German U-boats. Naval battle begins and explosions occur, smoky docks. In England war supplies unloaded. Supplies include weapons, military equipment, and food. A tank and locomotive trains being loaded into a ship bound for Europe. Allied aircraft take off at night. A man directs an aircraft taking off. Allied bombers bombard German targets resulting into fiery flare in Europe. British children playing jump rope as a supply train pass by in the background. Tanks and fighter planes transported by train. Supply boxes unloaded and stacked for transport to the battle front.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049407