German campaign in Poland; trooops; Danzig

Identifier
irn1000883
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1120
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Walter Frentz (Camera Operator)
  • Richard Unger (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Heinz Jaworsky (Camera Operator)
  • Erich Stoll (Camera Operator)
  • Herbert Windt (Music)
  • Fritz Hippler (Director)
  • Arthur Linke (Camera Operator)
  • Wilhelm Siems (Camera Operator)
  • Sepp Algeier (Camera Operator)
  • Hanns Scholz (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 4: German cavalry and motorized infantry advance. Civilians greet German columns. Armor advances through flaming ruins. An informer points out a Pole accused of war crimes. The Schleswig-Holstein shells Danzig.

Note(s)

  • 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

  • POLAND
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • RUINS
  • FIRES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • GERMANY
  • CIVILIANS

Places

  • Danzig, Germany
  • , Poland

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.