German attack on Poland, invasion
Creator(s)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
- Fritz Hippler (Director)
- Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 5: Fighting at Gdynia. German troops enter Gdynia, prisoners taken. Hitler enters city (only POV from car). German soldiers greet Hitler, surround him. Hitler and officers eating at field kitchen. Headquarter scenes, interior of railroad car. Hitler consults with officers, including Goering, Rommel, Himmler, generals. Graphic - German movement to Vistula up to Radom. German troops on the move, many Polish soldiers surrender arms, equipment. Aerial of captured artillery.
Note(s)
See Stories 1989-1990, Film ID 4267 for HD footage. See Story 746, Film ID 501 for duplicate footage. See also Story 815, 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
- ARTILLERY
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- RIVERS
- ROMMEL, ERWIN
- GERMANY
- SHIPS
- RAILCARS
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- HITLER, ADOLF
- POWS (POLISH)
- INVASIONS
- GOERING, HERMANN
- FOOD
- PRISONERS (POLISH)
- HARBORS
- TRAINS
- FRENTZ, WALTER
- POLAND
- HIMMLER, HEINRICH
Places
- Danzig, Germany
- , Poland
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film