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  1. Street scenes and establishing shots of Krakow

    Establishing shots of Krakow, shot circa 1936/37. LS of the famous castle, shot of a small boat letting in along the Vistula River, LS of two women walking across the courtyard of an unidentified building. From Julien Bryan's film "Poland the Country and the People" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.

  2. Animated maps and titles for the film "Poland - the Country and the People"

    An animated map of Poland, designed by Philip Stapp. Features the outline of the country of Poland, a drawing of a King with a sceptor, an indication of the location of Krakow with an accompanying image of the city, and a coat of arms-style sign in the middle of the map of Poland that reads: Union of Poland-Lithuania and Ruthenia. From Julien Bryan's film "Poland the Country and the People" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.

  3. Establishing shots, street scenes and buildings in Krakow

    VS, Krakow, Poland landmarks: old maket square, Catholic church, museums, municipal buildings, the castle. Used as establishing shots. From Julien Bryan's film "Poland the Country and the People" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.

  4. Graphics and intertitles for the film "Poland - the Country and the People"

    Animated maps of Poland showing the changes in the political borders of Poland from 1795 when the land area was divided between German, Russian and Austrian interests to the 1914 borders in which the empires of Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary engulfed Poland entirely from a political standpoint, despite the fact that a distinct Polish culture still existed. From Julien Bryan's film "Poland the Country and the People" released in 1948, shot 1936-1937.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hitler speaks in Vienna after annexation of Austria

    Arthur Seyss-Inquart, who was proclaimed Chancellor of Austria after the German takeover, addresses a huge crowd in Vienna. He introduces Adolf Hitler, who salutes the crowd from the podium. Hitler speaks briefly about the absorption of Austria into the Reich. More shots of the wildly cheering and saluting crowd. Shots of Hitler's car arriving at a large government building and greeting officials. A wreath with a ribbon bearing Hitler's name stands in front of the building. Planes fly overhead. The next scene is a military parade through the streets of Vienna. Hitler salutes from the sideli...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Annexation of Austria

    Hitler returns to Berlin from Vienna after the annexation of Austria. Shots of his plane touching down, with Nazi flags flying and a crowd waiting to greet him. Uniformed members of the League of German Girls and Hitler Youth await Hitler's arrival. Shots of his motorcade driving through the crowds. Aerial shots of Hitler and Hermann Goering walking into the Chancellery, then waving from the balcony. Aerial pans across the huge crowd. More scenes from Austria: Austrians waving Nazi flags; civilians marching down the streets giving the Nazi salute; Arthur Seyss-Inquart saluting. German soldi...

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- World War I scenes; Orient Express; Austrian troops in Berlin; Toscanini in Salzburg

    World War I-era scenes: German soldiers riding horseback. British troops on the battlefield, sheltering from enemy fire, then running across the field. Quick scenes of Kaiser Wilhelm II, in a group of military men, descending a staircase and reviewing a parade of German soldiers. Women, men and children gathered on a balcony for what appears to be a wedding. This is the wedding of Archduke Charles I of Austria to Princess Zita of Parma in October 1911. The last scene shows Franz Joseph I of Austria (Habsburg) in the company of another man on a field. They have evidently been hunting: severa...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Dr. Abba Silver speaks for the United Palestine Appeal

    Several takes of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal giving a fundraising speech. The United Palestine Appeal was attempting to raise $4,500,000 to aid in the resettling of European Jews in Palestine. Dr. Silver speaks from a podium in a simple interior setting about the new hope offered by Palestine and the progress already made, including the establishment of settlements and the building of a port at Tel Aviv.

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Protest against British appeasement of Germany over the Sudetenland

    A protest and march organized by the International Peace Campaign demanding that Britain take action against Germany if they seize the Sudetenland. The clips are out of chronological order. The first scene shows a large crowd in Trafalgar square. A banner reads: "Stand by Czechoslovakia! No plebiscite!" The camera pans across the huge crowd. The next shots show the protesters marching toward Downing Street; the framing of the shots is uneven. Some of the protesters hold their fists aloft and some carry signs. According to the dope sheet, the procession was turned back before it could reach ...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Gas mask fitting in London

    People in and around London prepare for the possibility of war. Several people look at a map posted on the side of a building. Closer shots of posters reading: "City of Westminster Air Raid Precautions, Fitting Gas Masks." Women and children gathering cut tree limbs from a street and construction of some kind, perhaps laying a sidewalk (these scenes are not described in the dope sheet). Shots of people waiting in line outside a building, then shots of people trying on gas masks and attempting to breathe through them. A child-sized mask is placed on the face of a crying toddler. More scenes ...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- British citizens listening to Neville Chamberlain on the radio

    Interior shots of people listening to Neville Chamberlain's September 27, 1938 speech about the Sudeten crisis. No sound. The setting appears to be the interior of a British home, with women and men listening intently to the radio. Close-up of the radio being turned on. Presumably the footage was actually shot in England, because the same cameramen shot the mid-September rally in London (Story 4061). 01:01:37 A man sells Evening Standard newspapers outside Victoria station in London. He wears a placard that reads, "What Hitler Said." Male and female members of the British Union of Fascists ...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Paris in April-May 1939

    Children and their mothers at the Place du Carrousel in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the background. The children dig in the sand. The next scene shows workmen digging in the earth around the Eiffel Tower, presumably building fortifications of some kind. These shots are interspersed with scenes of Parisians shopping and other shots of famous landmarks. An old man is shown painting in the Tuileries gardens. The last scenes are of people buying flowers and plants at an open-air market.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish neighborhood in NYC

    Footage of three ethnic neighborhoods in New York City. People and vehicles on the streets of Chinatown. Storefront signs in English and Chinese. Men read newspapers that have been pasted onto the side of a building. Similar treatment of the Jewish section of New York City: storefronts and signs in Yiddish and English. A group of uniformed Jewish Boy Scouts take the boy scout oath then salute. People come out of a synagogue after services. Shots of the exterior of the synagogue. More street scenes of the neighborhood, shop signs, and an outdoor market. Similar again of the Italian neighborh...

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Benes of Czechoslovakia; Raczkiewicz and Sikorski of Poland; ceremony at Paris synagogue

    War preparations in Paris. Sandbag fortifications around the Arc de Triomphe and the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. Edvard Benes, exiled president of Czechoslovakia, is received by Czechs living in Paris. The dope sheet states that the meeting took place at the same house on the Rue Bonaparte where Benes and Tomas Masaryk founded the Czech Republic after World War I. A group of men rises and claps as Benes enters in the company of Stefan Osusky, the Czech ambassador. A man identified as Stransky welcomes Benes. Benes speaks. Scenes inside the Polish embassy showing Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, the P...

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Parisians fitted for gas masks; poison gas drill

    Parisians being fitted for gas masks. Uniformed members of the Garde Mobile assist civilians by helping them put on the masks and checking to be sure that they fit properly. Closer views of women and men submitting paperwork, being fitted, and receiving their masks. Shots of people leaving the building carrying their gas masks in canisters. 01:45:28 People wearing head-to-toe protective clothing and gas masks in an underground shelter practice what appears to be a drill enacting the treatment of victims of a poison gas attack. The dope sheet calls the victims "yperite-gased people", and a s...

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- England 1939: posters with Hitler & Goebbels "wanted for murder"

    Blackout preparations in London: men paint white stripes on trees, lamp posts, and curbs. People at a gas mask depot in Lambeth. A newly married couple exits a church. The bride, groom, and bridesmaids all carry gas masks. A sign on the side of a building informs the public that gas masks are the property of the government and must be properly cared for. A young boy sitting on a curb opens a box containing a gas mask and puts it on. Men pile sandbags around a fire alarm box. "Wanted!" posters featuring photos of Hitler and Goebbels. Men paint car bumpers white for driving in a blackout. San...

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Downing Street, Hore-Belisha

    Politicians enter and exit 10 Downing Street and the houses of Parliament in late August 1939 as Germany threatened to invade Poland. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of War, is one of those shown. People protest with signs reading "Churchill." Police attempt to control crowds of people. Placards advertising The Evening Standard newspaper tell of the crisis: one placard reads, "Americans told to leave Britain" and another "Britons told to leave Germany." Politicians arrive at Parliament in cars.

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- French Navy hailing neutral freighters, seizing contraband

    Shots of a French submarine which, according to the dope sheet, captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan port. French sailors on the ocean look for ships from neutral countries carrying contraband goods. Sailors board a ship for inspection. The bags in the cargo hold are labelled "Oslo." A ship docked at a harbor (the same ship?) with the name "Tjikandi" visible. Pan across a huge warehouse full of goods, presumably seized cargo. Officials inspect some of these goods. A group of French sailors pulls the outer layer off a bag of cargo to reveal the word "Hambourg" on the inner b...

  19. March of Time -- outtakes -- French refugees, German prisoners, bombing of Paris

    The French army in action: tanks, soldiers shooting, dead horses by the side of the road. German prisoners behind barbed wire. Close-ups of individuals as they are questioned and registered by their French captors. Scenes of destroyed buildings shot from a moving vehicle; French soldiers attempt to shoot down a plane. Refugees traveling along a road. Women and children are helped from a truck. One woman is carried on a stretcher. Paris being bombed. Burning buildings, dead cows in a field. Badly destroyed houses, shops and cars. People pick their way through the rubble; a woman runs past a ...

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- World War I memorial at Vimy; French refugees, Belgium

    Several Frenchmen, some of whom wear the uniforms of high-ranking officers and some of whom are in civilian dress, visiting the Canadian World War I memorial at Vimy, France. They survey a vast fortification system dug into the earth and lined with sandbags. The camera focuses on a sign reading "Canadian Front Line, 1917." The scene switches to show soldiers (French?) marching across a town square, then back to the men inspecting the fortification. The men approach a huge structure that serves as the memorial. 01:21:44 Various views of ruins of buildings in the Flanders region of Belgium. C...