Warsaw Uprising 1944
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
LS of destroyed rubble and smoke rising in BG. German troops combing through rubble in Praga, suburb of Warsaw. MS Soldier carries basket of long handled explosives, troops ducking and dodging firing weapons amidst debris. MS Firing through hole in wall, German in cap fires rifle, howitzer fires. LS of street, buildings and smoke, aircraft fly overhead. Single file line along trench, fierce fighting, mortar attacks after looking through slit in wall. Howitzer fires across street. Use of flamethrowers outside bulidngs and in interiors.
Note(s)
Also known as OSS 304 at NARA.
Subjects
- AIRPLANES
- DESTRUCTION
- RUBBLE
- RESISTERS/RESISTANCE (POLISH)
- RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
- FIRES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- POLAND
- WARSAW UPRISING (1944)
Places
- Warsaw, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Newsreels.