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Dock crane lifts 1947 Morris automobiles and Matador truck in the United Kingdom

Sign on car reads “Nuffield Exports.” A 1947 Morris Eight Series E automobile is pushed onto a lift platform by dock workers. Car is secured and then foreman gives the signal to lift. Another car is loaded on the platform and lifted. Close up of foreman giving the lift signal. A Matador truck chassis with drivetrain dangling via crane above a ship's cargo hold area. Workers rotate truck while it is lowered.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080091
German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein bombards the Westerplatte fort in the port of the Polish town of Danzig (Gdansk)

Wide views of the German training ship SMS Schleswig-Holstein as it sails into the Polish port city of Danzig (Gdansk), beginning the German invasion of Poland in World War II. The Deutschland class battleship had been stationed close to the harbor since August 25th under the pretenses of a ceremonial visit, but 225 German soldiers were hiding belowdecks. In the morning of September 1st, the battleship fires on the fortified Polish munitions depot on the Westerplatte Peninsula, the first shots of World War II. Views onboard the Schleswig-Holstein of German sailors firing guns and Captain Gustav Kleikamp looking on through binoculars. After the bombardment, a white Polish surrender flag is visible flying from a building onshore. A "Westerplatte" peninsula sign and the ruined walls of the Westerplatte fort are shown from onboard a boat in the port of Danzig. German and Polish officers discuss surrender terms. German soldiers distribute cigarettes to battle-weary Polish Navy prisoners of war.

Location: Danzig Poland
Date: 1939, September 1
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080839
German troops invade Poland and fire Howitzer artillery

A procession of German troops composed of armed infantry, horse-drawn artillery and supply vehicles, and some mounted cavalry walk through rural Poland at the beginning of the German invasion of Poland during World War II. Large plumes of smoke can be seen rising in the distance. Low tight shots focus on horse-drawn guns, particularly a caravan containing a Howitzer gun. German soldiers fire what appears to be long range 15cm sFH 18 artillery. Skirmish lines of German soldiers push forwards, with wide shots of troops running across large open fields. Heavy artillery fires at trees. A tight shot focuses on a horse-drawn wagon driven by two soldiers and lead by a bicyclist.

Location: Poland
Date: 1939, September
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080840
Captive Polish soldiers walk through a Polish city and eat German army rations

Towards the beginning of the German invasion of Poland during World War II, a large group of imprisoned Polish troops walk through a Polish city with armed German soldiers. Many well-dressed civilians line the sides of the streets and look on. The prisoners carry supplies as they are led to a more rural area. Lines of Polish soldiers look at the camera as they stand with dishes in hand for a meal from a German Army field kitchen. Other captured troops sit on the ground and eat soup. Many of the Polish troops are missing parts of their uniforms such as hats, boots, or jackets. Soldiers who have finished their meals smile and talk amongst themselves.

Location: Poland
Date: 1939, September
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080841
Polish children and their families receive rations from German soldiers and a military band plays

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.

Location: Poland
Date: 1939
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080842
German soldiers march through civilian crowds in Konigshutte (Chorzow)

A scene from the beginning of the invasion of Poland during World War II. A single wide moving shot of a large formation of German army troops marching through the Polish city of Chorzow (German name Konigshutte), which bordered Germany. The street is packed with civilian men, women, and children who raise their hands and cheer, some with Nazi salutes, welcoming the German soldiers because many citizens of that area considered themselves half German or "Volksdeutsch." A few soldiers at the front of the column can be seen smiling as they press their way through the cheering crowd.

Location: Chorzow Poland
Date: 1939, September 6
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080843
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