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Denmark under German martial law during World War II

Film made by Danes, after increasing tensions between them and German occupation forces that invaded Denmark in 1940, boiled over in August 1943, and the Germans placed Denmark under martial law. It covers the period 1943 and 1944, after which the film was smuggled out of the country. Opening scene shows pallbearers at the funeral of Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (aka Kaj Munk) a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, who was assassinated by Nazi Gestapo agents, on 4 January, 1944. Narrator states that Nazi murder leagues assassinated some of Denmark's greatest leaders to intimidate the Danes and quell any rebellions. The coffin of Pastor Munk is lowered into its grave. Memorial stone and flowers are shown. Smoke rising and then a large conflagration are seen, from Danish acts of sabotage. Damaged buildings and more fires, from Danish resistance, are seen. In response, the "Schalburg Corps," a Danish volunteer branch of the Nazi SS, began counter-sabotage (called Shalbotage by the Danes). Film shows fireman on ladders at the building of the Paramount Movie Company, Ltd. where smoke is coming from the windows. (Narrator says film companies that refused every form of collaboration were blown up.) View of severely damaged Nordisk film studio at Helerup. Windows shattered in department stores and in all shops along a street. Illums Bolighus (famous store of Scandinavian design) and many others are wrecked. Camera pans up the side of damaged building with bird painted on its side and the words: "mod lysere Dage.." (Brighter Days). Views of the destroyed Royal Yacht Club pavilion, in Copenhagen harbor. Destruction in Tivoli Gardens. Its concert hall completely destroyed. Fire burning at the Syndicate, Denmark's largest armaments factory, from bombing by saboteurs, in June, 1944. Danes walking in Copenhagen, on a summer evening, flaunting the Nazi curfew from 8PM to 6AM and then lighting bonfires after dark. Abandoned wheel barrows and empty streets are shown when residents of Copenhagen all go home in a general strike. Several German soldiers are seen in otherwise empty street, as the German Commander in Chief declares the city of Copenhagen under siege. A German tank parked in the street amidst pedestrians. Barricades set up by strikers in a street. The American flag flying high over a street. The "Bulldog" a department store in flames. A car serving as an ambulance drives down a street displaying a white flag. A long line of Danes wait at a street corner shop for self-rationed food. Danes drawing fresh water from lakes to be brought to hospitals, where needed. View from above of strikers at a barricade. Narrator states that after 5 days, the Germans gave in and agreed to Danish terms. View of open area in the city, where people stand in silence to commemorate those who lost their lives in the struggle. Danish man looking through chain link fence. More scenes of continued sabotage by Danes.

Location: Denmark

Date: 1944

Duration: 4 min 53 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675036549

British troops impose martial law and patrol the streets of Tel Aviv in Palestine (later Tel Aviv, Israel).

A copy of newspaper Palestine Post with the headline "Tel Aviv outlawed: Martial law over half of Yishuv." British military outposts seen in town. Flowers are seen. Boys ride their bicycles. British soldiers talk to people and smoke cigarettes.

Location: Tel Aviv Palestine

Date: 1947, March

Duration: 2 min 54 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Clip: 65675038028

Propaganda film depicts dream sequence of Communist martial law imposed on a typical American town

Propaganda film made for the U.S. Defense Department during Cold War, entitled “Freedom and You.” Opening scene shows a typical town in the United States, except that soldiers are patrolling and sandbags and barbed wire fencing are seen in places. Narrator, Jack Webb, approaches the camera with comment: “Frightening isn’t it.” Overview of the town. Views through barbed wire of an armed soldier and local people. Ordinary automobile traffic on the street. (Narrator suggests that this town could created somewhere in the Soviet Union to teach young Communists about the United States.) View inside an ice cream parlor with soda jerk serving customers. Numerous views typical of what one would find in an American town: Inside a bank; White Church steeple seen through trees; men conversing in ice cream parlor; inside of a supermarket; (Communist civilian chatting with soldier near barbed wire fence); a baseball game; A tray of hot dogs; school building with students outside; (Teacher inside discussing explosives and listening devices.) Teacher and students in chemistry lab; Slate identifies film title: “Freedom and You.” Boy playing with his dog is chastised by his mother; Young couple conversing over car with open hood; Man going to work kisses his daughter; Men at work in a machine shop; An airmen, marines, and a woman at a table on an air base; KC-97 aerial refueling aircraft in background; Young couple sitting in hotrod car watching as a man races a Chevy Corvette car on the runway. Group at the table give woman timing report; A single engine Beechcraft airplane on the runway; Young couple kiss in front of a M101 105mm howitzer sitting in a building; They speak with an Army officer about postponing his active duty. More views of machine shop; Family at dinner saying goodnight to small children; Father talking with small boy wearing Cub Scout cap; Film is interrupted with a dream sequence showing Communist Martial law imposed on the town. Effects are shown in small vignettes of ordinary life. The machine shop now displays a sign with the day’s production quota. Children being packed to go away to a State School. Father rebels and is seized by military guards. The church is closed for worship, and now houses a Soviet museum. Father stands trial before a military court for rebelling against the Communist State. Family testifies against him. He is sentenced to be shot. He gives impassioned speech about freedom. He is hauled into a room and is shot by a soldier with a pistol. Film ends as he wakes from his nightmare and finds everything back to normal.

Location: United States USA

Date: 1962

Duration: 48 min 48 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675043513

General William Mitchell after his court martial in Washington DC, United States.

General William Mitchell, in civilian clothes after his court martial, and resignation from the U.S. Army. He takes a walk with his wife and baby in a park in Washington DC, United States.

Location: Washington DC USA

Date: 1925

Duration: 18 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675049082

Soldiers gather as Martial law is imposed in Le Mars, Iowa.

Martial law being imposed in Le Mars, Iowa. Buildings along the sides of a street. Cars parked in front of a building. Soldiers load cartons on a trailer. They stand holding rifles on the street. Tents in an area. Buildings in the background. Soldiers stand outside a tent and discuss amongst themselves.

Location: Le Mars Iowa USA

Date: 1933, May 1

Duration: 59 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Clip: 65675063203