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  1. Filmstrip: German defenses in France

    Filmstrip about German defenses in France. NO VIDEO ELEMENTS AVAILABLE.

  2. Mountain views and street scenes in Zakopane

    Pan of a landscape-fog rising above the mountains; snow is visible on the mountains. Shot from a plane, or some sort of funicular down to the valley below. Quick cut to peasant women walking along the street in full traditional dress.

  3. Jewish quarter of Warsaw burning, 1939

    This sequence was shot on the night of September 16, 1939, during Rosh Hashanah. The German invasion of Warsaw, Poland had begun over a week before, but they intentionally set the Jewish quarter of Warsaw on fire during the holiday. Bryan did not have any external lights to illuminate the action while shooting this event. If the viewer looks closely they can make out the outlines and shadows of the inhabitants of the Jewish quarter in bucket brigades in the foreground of these shots trying to save their homes, their lives, and their livelihoods. The quarter was destroyed that night.

  4. Nazi propaganda

    CU, book. CUs "Der Stuermer".

  5. Prewar life of the Romani people

    "Gypsy King" in 1935, prewar life of Roma, election of the "Gypsy King" in 1938. Title in Hungarian (Romany?) or other language. Women with children. Man in top hat; group of men drinking coffee outside a caravan draped with banners. Musical soundtrack.

  6. Documentary about the German invasion and siege of Poland

    In this ten minute film, Julien Bryan, the last neutral reporter remaining in Poland on September 1, 1939, records the horror and confusion of Warsaw during the German attack on Poland. Through actual footage taken during the siege, Bryan poignantly describes the frightening chain of events that finally resulted in the capitulation of Warsaw and Poland. During the early stages of the blitzkrieg, civilians were commandeered to dig ditches, set tank traps and shore up fortifications. Then, as the Polish soldiers retreated, Warsaw was surrounded and besieged. German planes, triumphant in the s...

  7. 1948 documentary short on Poland (reel 2)

    Reel 2. Street scenes, buses, people on sidewalks. Trolley with sign reading “DWORSKA”. Inside a trolley full of passengers. View out the trolley windshield at street, people waiting to board and a policeman standing on a median. Sidewalk scenes, two men walking by with boots over their shoulders, women looking at a cart displaying wares. Boy runs by with newspapers under his arm. People stand on the sidewalk reading papers in front of a large poster with “IRENA DUNNE” headline. Newspaper stand. Funeral parade and hearse led by people carrying wreaths. Horse and cart passing on street in fr...

  8. 1948 documentary short about Poland (reel 1)

    Reel 1. Title cards read “THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FOUNDATION PRESENTS” then “POLAND,” “THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE,” and additional credits appear over an illustration of a flag with the Polish eagle. EXT Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. River and raft in FG, Wawel Cathedral in BG. People walking in a courtyard. (01:10) Map with illustration of Kraków and labeled “UNION OF POLAND-LITHUANIA AND RUTHENIA.” EXT market in front of St. Mary's Basilica. Additional buildings, courtyards, and street views. Sandomierska Tower. Many people walking in the streets. Sigismund's Column in Warsaw. Sign next to a ...

  9. Children at school

    INTs Teacher in her home with a dog, She arranged books, puts on coat, and exits. Woman (teacher) at head of a classroom full of children. Brief shot of men setting up large lights. Woman using an abacus to teach the children. They learn. Children raise hands in the classroom. CU student. Children walk beside puddles underneath large power lines. Children run up the muddy road and through the door of a school as a boy rings a bell by the doorway. CU children answering questions in class. EXT group of boys playing with a ball, fields and power lines in BG. INT, woman sitting at desk writing,...

  10. Mogilev; Smolensk; Vinnitsa -- German capture

    Map showing Mogilev and Smolensk. Interior with officers studying documents (map?) on a table. The narrator indicates that this is a conference of the army high command. An attack is being decided upon. A soldier at a typewriter types up the orders, which will be distributed to the field. The battle starts, represented by a shot of a howitzer firing. Shirtless German soldiers operate artillery. The narrator identifies the location as Vinnitsa. Long shots of smoke rising from the countryside. The "Armeefuehrer" arrives in a plane to observe the conflict. German soldiers push their bicycles a...

  11. Warsaw 1936

    City scenes from moving tram, police officer. Well-dressed Polish civilians moving about the city, crossing the street, traffic, looking into shop windows at women's fur fashions. Posters affixed to pillar, one reads: "Chaplin." Woman selling flowers.

  12. Postwar French youth camp

    This series of outtakes features adolescents (both male and female) in the mountains in France playing volleyball and other sports, dancing, singing and engaging in various outdoor activities at a youth camp. The exact location of this camp in France is not known. In the BG several tents are visible on the hillside. This footage has obviously been staged for the camera. The camera slates between takes indicate that this production was done in conjunction with the YMCA, which explains the focus on youth and their healthy development; the footage was most likely intended for use in an informa...

  13. Russian Jewish religious services

    Rebuilding Jewish life after the war in Russia. Two rabbis put away Torah scrolls and pull a curtain with an embroidered Star of David closed. CUs of individual Jewish men praying. A larger group of men in prayer shawls gather for a service, and a cantor sings toward the end of the sequence. The exact location, date, and purpose of the religious service are unknown.

  14. German munitions

    Panning shot of German heavy and light weapons for use on the front. Emphasis on the numbers and might of the tanks and weaponry. Close-up of tanks wheels rolling past as the narrator reports that the Soviets are being decisively defeated on all parts of the front, and that neither "General mud nor General winter" can stop the German advance. Vehicles of all types rolling along the road. Low aerial shot of the convoy along the road with triumphant music.

  15. Ghetto in Dabrowa Gornicza and Bedzin

    Jews walking on sidewalk, nicely dressed, past storefronts, CUs. Funny angle up, Jewish star on clothes of boy and his dad. Policeman passing quickly close to camera. Large group of many smiling women with Jewish stars close together, elevated camera angle. CU, pan CU to more faces. Wider shot, big crowd on street in front of building. Pan up brick building to window with bars, three men lean heads out window. CU men from elevated angle. Serious-looking man, grim woman, two boys smiling awkwardly at camera, man with beard. Crowd on street, CU. Crowd walking, smiles and excitement. Men arm i...

  16. Battle for Kharkov

    Map showing the "southern sector of the front." Troops marching in the area of "Donez" (Donets'k) and "Ckarkow" (Kharkov). Odessa and the Dnieper River also appear on the map. German troops marching and riding bicycles along a road. Shots of horse-drawn carts and soldiers on horseback from a ground-level perspective. A German soldier rides a camel down the road, because "the Asian border is not far away." A plane flies overhead; we see the line of horse-drawn carts and a gasoline storage facility from its perspective. From the perspective of the ground again, we see German soldiers rolling ...

  17. Trade school in Berlin

    Trade school in Berlin. Woodshop, airplanes. CU, blond boy.

  18. Antonescu visits Hitler

    Hitler greeting Ion Antonescu as he arrives by train at Hitler's Hauptquartier (headquarters). There is snow falling and already on the ground as Hitler greets Antonescu. They are shown driving away in a car and walking into the Hauptquartier, where there are other officials waiting, including General Alfred Jodl. Maps are visible on the walls. The narrator states that there were discussions about political and military issues during this visit. The group gathers around a table and consults a map; Jodl appears to be bringing certain points to the attention of Hitler and Antonescu. Antonescu...

  19. Passengers boarding a train in Poland, near Warsaw

    Short clip, unidentified location in Poland, circa 1937. Several people standing on a train platform as the train pulls into the station. Quick shots of passengers boarding the trains: men, women, and some teenage boys, all are well dressed, some carry parcels, in one shot a conductor is visible in the background and two adolescent boys board the train in the foreground. Several of the subjects look directly at the camera. From Julien Bryan's film "Poland the Country and the People" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.

  20. Coal mining

    Coal mining. 01:22:01 Ford factory, workers on break, smoking, eating. EXT, glass building. Workers gathered around car. Mining coal, Ford tower in BG. CUs, coal. On river, boats in BG. Coal workers operating pulleys.