German troops in Poland; Polish POWs

Identifier
irn1000520
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.256.1
  • RG-60.0747
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Scope and Content

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 San, 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. See Story 1122, Film ID 933 for duplicate SD 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

  • POLAND
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • MAPS
  • GERMANY
  • ARTILLERY
  • AUSTRIA
  • GOERING, HERMANN
  • FIRES
  • INVASIONS
  • PRISONERS (POLISH)
  • VILLAGES
  • POWS (POLISH)
  • TANKS
  • HITLER, ADOLF

Places

  • Lviv (Lvov), Poland
  • Lemberg, Germany
  • , Ukraine

Genre

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