German invasion of Poland, advance
Creator(s)
- Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
- Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
- Fritz Hippler (Director)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 6: Camp of Polish POWs, long line of POWs marching on road, CUs feet. German troops move east, through rural terrain. Graphic of southern front (Lemberg). Troops cross River Sam, Hitler reviews. Hitler looks at map. German troops, tanks through burning town. Tired German troops and artillery along road. Troops rest by road, sleeping, cleaning equipment, washing shaving, etc. Read papers while marching. Tanks through terrain, villages
Note(s)
See Stories 1989-1990, Film ID 4267 for HD footage. Story 747, Film ID 501 for duplicate footage. See publication in USHMM Library: "Feldzug in Polen" 1939. Monograph on content, background, production, published by Institut fuer den wissenschaftlichen Film, Goettingen. Produced in Germany Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Subjects
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
- MAPS
- ARTILLERY
- INVASIONS
- GERMANY
- PRISONERS (POLISH)
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- FIRES
- HITLER, ADOLF
- FRENTZ, WALTER
- VILLAGES
- AUSTRIA
- TANKS
- GOERING, HERMANN
- POLAND
- POWS (POLISH)
Places
- Lviv (Lvov), Poland
- Lemberg, Germany
- , Ukraine
Genre
- Film
- Propaganda.