Polish mobilization; German troops
Creator(s)
- Arthur Linke (Camera Operator)
- Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
- Wilhelm Siems (Camera Operator)
- Richard Unger (Camera Operator)
- Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
- Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
- Hanns Scholz (Camera Operator)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Fritz Hippler (Director)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Erich Stoll (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 2: describes Polish mobilization showing armor and aircraft. Shows burned farmhouses of German settlers in Poland. Danzig militia fighting Poles and German columns marching into the city. German cavalry, armor, horse-drawn artillery, and infantry enter Poland. Skirmishers advance. Artillery and machine guns are fired.
Note(s)
See also Story 814, Film ID 518 for a transfer of this reel in German. See publication in USHMM Library: "Feldzug in Polen" 1939. Monograph on content, background, production, published by Institut fuer den wissenschaftlichen Film, Goettingen. Produced in Germany Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Subjects
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- ARTILLERY
- HORSES
- MACHINE GUNS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH)
- AIRPLANES
Places
- , Poland
- Danzig, Germany
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film
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