Warsaw during German bombing, shelling; Hitler & Generals

Identifier
irn1000171
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.542.1
  • RG-60.3430
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Map. Goering, Keitel, von Ribbentrop, Himmler, and Hitler in a map conference; also present, Rommel, Bodenschatz. Preparation for bombing Warsaw. Intertitle: "Nach Ablehnung der Uebergabe wird der Kampf fortgesetzt." Bombs loaded into plane. Aerial shots of bombs being dropped on Warsaw. Thin black columns of smoke from outskirts of town. Soldiers firing bombs from land. Smoke. Hitler in plane looking through telescope. Buildings on fire. Soldiers advancing [footage is dense, grainy, scratched]. Polish soldiers surrendering, running with hands raised. German soldiers carry an injured man in blanket. Germans advancing. Horse-drawn carts roll down street. Civilians, dog, being searched. Officer greeting military contingent on city street.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Technische Informationsbibliothek

Note(s)

  • Some of these scenes are unusual views of the devastating bombing and shelling of Warsaw. Additional documentation available in departmental files.

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