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Invasion Of Poland By German Army 1939
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keywords: wwii, european theater, invasion of poland, aerial reconnaissance, stuka dive bombers, siege of warsaw
Synopsis: Captured German film documents the invasion of Poland in 1939 with scenes of German armored columns ready to cross the border, Polish resistance fighters in defensive positions at a Danzig post office, German machine gunners advancing using motorcycles, German combat engineers repairing a bridge, German Luftwaffe reconnaissance plane flies over battle front, German pilots scrambling to their Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes, German Ju87 Stuka Dive Bombers in dive bomb attacks, Siege of Warsaw Poland, Polish soldiers surrender their weapons, German military band plays as German soldiers goose-step through Warsaw Poland and more...(read more)
- Date: 1939
- Duration: 00:20:10
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Germany, Poland
Invasion Of Poland By German Army 1939 Reel-1
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r1:00:00:17;12
Poland September 1939 as German armored columns and motorized infantry assembled for invasion of Poland that set the stage for WWII. The world was introduced to a new kind of warfare, Blitzkrieg or Lightning War, which involved massive use of tanks, motorized infantry, and planes.
r1:00:01;04
The free city of Danzig is attacked. Shows the last stand of Polish resistance in the Danzig Post Office building. The Post Office building is shelled, sprayed with gasoline, and burned.
r1:00:02:33;15
German machine gunners advance on motorcycles. A Polish town is attacked by field artillery, machine gun fire, and tanks. The Polish town is burned and completely destroyed as the The German Army continues their rapid advance into Poland.
r1:00:05:19;02
German Pioniers combat engineers quickly repairing a bridge over the Vistula River and the German advance continues. A German tank and half-track fording a shallow river. German troops rest in transit. German soldiers cleaning weapons and making repairs to equipment. The Poles sunk ships to block the entrance into the harbor at Gdynia, Poland. German artillery and a German warship bombards Gdynia.
r1:00:09:15;18
CU of a German Luftwaffe reconnaissance plane as it warms up and takes off. After plane returns the aerial photographs are used by the Germans to plan ground and air attacks.
Invasion Of Poland By German Army 1939 Reel-2
r2:00:00:01;08
German planes are loaded with bombs. German Luftwaffe pilots scramble to planes, pilot climbs into cockpit of Messerschmitt Bf 109. Messerschmitt Bf 109 plane taxing, taking off, several German Ju87 Stuka planes taking off and in flight. Wave after wave of German planes take-off. Close-up German Ju87 Stuka dive bomber in flight, pilot's point of view pov in dive bomb attack. Excellent gun camera footage. Aerial view of destruction of Polish communications and railway trains and cars. Polish heavy armored railroad cars destroyed by the attacking German planes.
r2:00:03:36;03
Siege of Warsaw Poland. Germans load a shell and fire a heavy siege howitzer cannon. German heavy artillery bombard Warsaw day and night. The city is taken. German troops and tanks enter Warsaw as the city burns.
r2:00:06:34;01
Polish soldiers surrendering weapons. Shows lines columns of Polish prisoners and captured Polish weapons. Shows thousands of Polish prisoners Polish POWs.
r2: 00:08:34;09
German band plays as goose-stepping German soldiers march in Warsaw, Poland streets.
