Warsaw Uprising 1944

Identifier
irn1000355
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.252.1
  • RG-60.0604
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

LS of destroyed rubble and smoke rising in BG. German troops combing through rubble in Praga, suburb of Warsaw. MS Soldier carries basket of long handled explosives, troops ducking and dodging firing weapons amidst debris. MS Firing through hole in wall, German in cap fires rifle, howitzer fires. LS of street, buildings and smoke, aircraft fly overhead. Single file line along trench, fierce fighting, mortar attacks after looking through slit in wall. Howitzer fires across street. Use of flamethrowers outside bulidngs and in interiors.

Note(s)

  • Also known as OSS 304 at NARA.

Subjects

  • DESTRUCTION
  • AIRPLANES
  • RESISTERS/RESISTANCE (POLISH)
  • RUBBLE
  • WARSAW UPRISING (1944)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • FIRES
  • POLAND
  • RESISTERS/RESISTANCE

Places

  • Warsaw, Poland

Genre

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