Invasion of Poland; Germans & Russians meet; occupation

Identifier
irn1000347
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1123
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Fritz Hippler (Director)
  • Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Herbert Windt (Music)
  • Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
  • Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 7: shows masses of abandoned equipment and Polish POWs. German and Russian units meet. Hitler poses in front of besieged Warsaw. German armor and infantry enter the city after its capitulation.

Note(s)

  • See Story 739, Film ID 500 for duplicate footage. See also Story 816, Film ID 518 for a transfer of this reel in German. 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

  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • POLAND
  • POWS (POLISH)
  • FRENTZ, WALTER
  • INVASIONS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)

Places

  • Warsaw, Poland

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.