March of Time -- outtakes -- Warsaw after liberation

Identifier
irn1001094
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.134.1
  • RG-60.1163
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

LS crossroads of main streets (Sikorski and Marszchalkowska streets) in Warsaw. In BG, wrecked buldings. MS policeman ruling traffic. 05:55:35 Polish carts carrying bricks for rebuilding the city pass. In BG famous Poniatowski bridge. Same crossroads. In BG, temporary shops built since liberation. 05:56:05 Female policeman directing traffic. 05:56:50 A lorry carrying children towards devastated quarter of Warsaw. Cabs and lorries wait to cross pontoon-bridge on Vistula River. In FG, one of destroyed bridges. Cross bridge, side by side with pedestrians. LS sign in Polish: "The first Regiment of Pontooners to the population of Warsaw." Warsaw and Ghetto: 05:58:51 Tram passes a "sotto-portico" which marks entrance to ghetto. Ruins of church. Market at Warsaw. 06:01:37 Flower shop built with bricks piled in front of a wrecked bulding. Old woman offers her flowers to three young poeple. 06:03:08 People on a balcony hoisting Polish and red flags on the facade of the Polish Communist party's building on "Josefa Stalina St." in honor of the 13th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Sign: "Polish Communist Party." 06:03:37 CU slab with "Josefa Stalina" (name of street).

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files. See Story 2244, Film ID 867 for duplicate footage.

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