Warsaw after bombing 1939, aerial views
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
Low aerial shots of Warsaw after bombing.Warschau 1939 (in German print) Nuer fuer den Dienstgebrauch! Dies ist ein geheimes Gegenstand im Sinne des 88 Reichs Strafgesetzbuchs (04/24/34) [I.e,. secret, military documentation.] Low aerial of city. Buildings some with smoke. Bombed out houses and apartment blocks. Thick black scratch. Facade of big municipal buildings, interior bombed out. Pan up wreckage of brick building, wrought iron balconies, twisted to sky. View down an alley, bombed out buildings. MS and MLS QF, people and sidewalk, deserted rubble of courtyard. Pedestrians. Rain soaked, rubble. "Theater," has relief still visible inside gutted building. Pan across to other gutted buildings. People appear, small among the devastation. Cables and wires in building archway.
Note(s)
Retransfer on Film ID 500B, 02:09:44-02:18:25
Subjects
- BOMBINGS
- GERMAN OCCUPATION
- POLAND
- BUILDINGS
- RUBBLE
- AERIAL VIEWS
- DESTRUCTION
Places
- Warsaw, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Documentary.