Warsaw Surrenders

Identifier
irn1000146
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.252.1
  • RG-60.0624
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Surrender and occupation of Warsaw in 1939. German in trench behind wire observing, Hitler w/binoculars. LS Howitzer fires at train, burning. Howitzer fires, LS of city, plume of smoke, mortar fire. Plane takes off, aerial shot of columns of smoke. AV craters, bombed domes. Surrender, Polish officer goes into railcar. Trucks of German troops enter city and soldiers on foot. "Komend Miasta Warszawa" sign on building, pan down to Polish officers, long column of Polish POWs shot from above, horses and carts. Bomb damage, wrecked train cars. Civilians digging through rubble, and with POWs making bricks. Street scenes LS domed building. German troops marching, parade, CU Hitler salutes. Germans on horseback, various shots and equipment. Hitler and office. Black uniformed tank unit on parade. Hitler salutes from review stand MS. AV of trucks, building facades and Nazi banners, superimposition shot of ringing bell.

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  • This reel is part of complete story with 111 ADC 8558.

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