Development of German campaign in Poland
Creator(s)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Hanns Scholz (Camera Operator)
- Richard Unger (Camera Operator)
- Fritz Hippler (Director)
- Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
- Erich Stoll (Camera Operator)
- Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
- Wilhelm Siems (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
- Arthur Linke (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 1: maps the Hanseatic cities and Danzig. Shows World War I combat scenes. Describes the Polish Corridor settlement. Shows German refugees driven from Poland. Describes Hitler's proposed highway across the Corridor. Shows Polish Foreign Minister Beck and the Danzig defense corps. Von Ribbentrop enplanes for Moscow. London workers dig air raid shelters. Shows Polish President Moscicki.
Note(s)
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
- WORLD WAR I
- GERMANY
- POLAND
- REFUGEES
- HITLER, ADOLF
- MAPS
- ENGLAND
- RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON
- MOSCICKI, IGNACY
- POLES
Places
- , Poland
- Danzig, Germany
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film
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