German invasion of Poland, capture of Warsaw

Identifier
irn1000601
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.248.1
  • RG-60.0816
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Fritz Hippler (Director)
  • Imperial War Museums
  • Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
  • Herbert Windt (Music)
  • Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
  • Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Reel 7: Graphic showing troops surrounding Warsaw and Kutno. Pans of destroyed polish equipment, dead horse, artillery wagons in river. Graphic then footage: German and Russian troops meet at the River Bug. Officers meet to negotiate demarcation line. Hitler at front, reviews SS, Himmler present. Radio operators, message sent to Warsaw to capitulate. Foreigners leave Warsaw. Large cannon fires on Warsaw. More artillery shots. Train attacked. Explosions and artillery. Soldiers look through fence towards fighting. Hitler looks through binoculars. LS of smoke over outskirts of city. Hitler observes fighting. Aerial of Warsaw covered in smoke. POV plane, destruction in Warsaw. Warsaw surrenders (in bus). Shots of Warsaw outskirts. First troops enter. Destroyed buildings, trams, etc.

Note(s)

  • See also Story 739, Film ID 500 and Story 1123, Film ID 933 for a transfer of this reel in English. This footage is better quality. Produced in Germany. Acquired by US Army Signal Corps

Subjects

  • INVASIONS
  • POLAND
  • HIMMLER, HEINRICH
  • HORSES
  • TRAINS
  • ARTILLERY
  • POWS (POLISH)
  • FRENTZ, WALTER
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • RIVERS

Places

  • Warsaw, Poland
  • Kutno, Poland

Genre

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