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THE GERMAN ATTACK ON POLAND (SEPTEMBER 1939)
BLITZKRIEG INVASION OF MASSED MECHANIZED MIGHT OF
NAZI ARMY SWEEPING INTO POLAND. GERMAN WAR
MACHINES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ARE POISED AT
THE POLISH BORDER READY TO INVADE. GERMAN TANK
MOVES TOWARD THE CAMERA, SMILING CREWMEN WAVE TO
CAMERA, OVERHEAD VIEW.
00:01:33 23.6
GERMAN OFFICER RAISES SEMAPHORE AT BORDER &
OFFICERS RIDING ON HORSEBACK LEAD GERMAN GROUND
FORCES ACROSS THE BORDER. SCOUTS ON HORSEBACK
CHARGE ACROSS FRONTIER FOLLOWED BY FAST MOVING
3-MAN MOTORCYCLE UNITS WHO SET UP ADVANCED MACHINE
GUN AND ARTILLERY POSITIONS FOR THE BLITZKREIG
00:02:26 76.6
MECHANIZED UNITS ROLL INTO DANZIG, POLAND, ARE MET
BY CHEERING GERMAN MINORITY OF POPULATION, PAN.
JOYOUS GERMAN SOLDIERS WAVE BACK.
00:02:54 104.6
GERMAN MOTORCYCLE UNITS SPEED THROUGH POLISH
FARM VILLAGE, WAVING GERMAN MINORITIES GREET THEM.
00:03:20 130.6
PAN OF DESTROYED POLISH LOCOMOTIVE LYING IN DITCH
UNDER RAILROAD BRIDGE DESTROYED BY RETREATING
POLISH SOLDIERS, BUT GERMAN SOLDIERS CROSS ON
TEMPORARY BRIDGE BUILT BU ITS ENGINEERS.
00:04:10 180.6
MONTAGE GERMAN MINORITIES, IN POLISH TOWNS, CHEER
AS GERMAN UNITS SPEED BY. GERMAN SOLDIER PULLS
POLISH EAGLE EMBLEM OFF WALL AND THROWS IT TO
GROUND. VILLAGER WITH HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE, CHOPS
POLISH STREET MARKER OFF WALL WITH HAMMER. YOUNG
POLISH GIRLS, FEED MARCHING GERMAN TROOPS DRINKS
AND SANDWICHES
00:04:46 216.6
GERMAN STUKA DIVE BOMBERS LINED UP ON AIRFIELD,
PAN. SHIRTLESS, MUSCLED, GERMAN GROUND CREWS IN
SHORTS, LIFT LARGE BOMBS ON SHOULDERS AND MOUNT
THEM ON UNDERBELLIES OF DIVE BOMBERS. AERIAL
GERMAN BOMBADIER SITS IN SEAT, LOOKS DOWN ON
POLISH LANDSCAPE. BOMBS DROP FROM PLANE.
00:05:29 259.6
SEA ATTACK ON WESTERPLATTE. GERMAN WARSHIP CRUISER
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN SHOOTING BROADSIDE, PAN TO
NEARBY SHORE & THE INCURRING EXPLOSIONS. GERMAN
NAVAL OFFICER PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS. CU GERMAN
SAILOR PEERS THROUGH GUNSIGHT, TURNING WHEELS TO
FINE TUNE SIGHT. HEAVY SMOKE. EXPLOSIONS ON SHORE.
00:06:25 315.6
WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT (OCTOBER 1939)
ADOLPH HITLER STANDS ALONGSIDE ROAD IN POLAND &
GREETS HIS SOLDIERS AS THEY MARCH ACROSS RIVER
SAHN. MONTAGE HITLER IS MOBBED BY GERMAN SOLDIERS
AS HIS OPEN CAR RIDES THROUGH TOWNS & ALONGSIDE
COLUMNS OF TROOPS AND VEHICLES.
00:07:02 352.6
HITLER TO SOLDIERS WAVES FROM INSIDE PLANE WINDOW.
AERIAL BOMB CRATERS ON POLISH AIRFIELD AS SEEN BY
HITLER. EXAMINES DAMAGE DONE TO POLAND BY GERMAN
TROOPS. HITLER BENDS OVER TO LOOK OUTSIDE PLANE
WINDOW. HITLER EXITS PLANE AND JOINS TROOPS TO
OUTSIDE MEAL AS HE SEEKS TO IDENTIFY WITH THEM. HE
EATS STANDING UP.
00:07:54 404.6
CROWDS OF GERMAN TROOPS CROWD AROUND HITLER WHO
SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR THEM. OTHERS RUN TO GET
GLIMPSE OF HIM. HITLER ABRUPTLY GESTURES, THAT'S
ENOUGH. CELEBRITY STATUS.
00:08:17 427.6
ENGLAND SPEEDS TROOPS TO FRONT (OCTOBER 1939)
IN BRITAIN, KING & QUEEN BID FAREWELL TO SCOTTISH
TROOPS BOUND FOR FRANCE. INSPECT LONG LINES OF
SCOTTISH SOLDIERS IN KILTS. THE TROOPS WAVE THEIR
HATS IN CHEER.
00:08:49 459.6
BRITISH PILOTS GATHER AROUND AN OFFICER HOLDING
MAP ALONGSIDE LONG COLUMN OF ROYAL AIR FORCE
PLANES REVVING UP FOR TAKE-OFF TO SECRET BASES IN
FRANCE. PILOTS MAN PLANES AND TAKE OFF.
00:09:15 485.6
BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE EMBARK AT CHANNEL PORT
FOR THE FRONT LINES OF FRANCE. COLUMNS OF BRITISH
TROOPS MARCH TO PIER & BOARD TRANSPORT SHIP TO
FRANCE. TROOPS EAT AS THEY LAND AT FRENCH PIER.
00:10:16 546.6
THE PARTITION OF POLAND (OCOTBER 1939)
GERMAN & SOVIET TROOPS MEET AT THE FAMOUS
BREST-LITOVSK FORTRESS TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION OF
PARTITION. SALUTE EACH OTHER IN POLAND. FORMULATE
AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING SHARING POLAND BETWEEN
THEM. TO AMAZEMENT OF WORLD SOVIET ARMY WATCHES
GERMAN MECHANIZED UNITS SPEED BY. SOVIET TANK ALSO
GOES BY. JOINT MILITARY ACTION & OCCUPATION WIPES
OUT POLAND.
00:11:00 590.6
CHANCELLOR HITLER MOTORCADE IS CHEERED WILDLY BY
PEOPLE OF DANZIG, PROBABLY ITS GERMAN POPULATION.
00:11:13 603.6
CAPTURE OF WARSAW (OCTOBER 1939)
GERMAN TROOPS WATCH ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT OF
WARSAW, IN DISTANCE, FROM DITCH ALONGSIDE ROAD.
BURNING RAILROAD TRAIN ON TRACKS IN BKGD. AERIAL
SMOKING WARSAW.
00:12:00 650.6
CHANCELLOR HITLER VISITS TROOPS ON OUTSKIRTS OF
WARSAW. PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS AT BURNING CITY.
POLISH GENERAL MEETS WITH GERMAN GENERAL
BLASKOWITZ, SIGNS SURRENDER OF WARSAW IN A BUS.
HISTORIC WARSAW CATHEDRAL OVERSHADOWS MARCHING
INVADERS.
00:13:08 718.6
POLISH WOMEN PEASANTS SADLY WATCH LONG COLUMN
OF POLISH PRISONERS-OF-WAR MARCH DOWN ROAD.
00:13:36 746.6
PRESIDENT FDR SIGNS NEUTRALITY LAW LIFTING EMBARGO
(NOVEMBER 1939)
SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL & MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS (CONGRESSMAN BLOOM, THE BILL'S SPONSOR;
SENATOR PITMAN; SPEAKER BANKHEAD; VICE PRESIDENT
GARNER; SENATOR BARKLEY) LOOK ON AS FDR SIGNS
HISTORIC DOCUMENT WHICH REPEALS THE ARMS EMBARGO &
PUTS SALES ON A CASH-AND-CARRY BASIS.
00:14:02 772.6
WARPLANES BEING ASSEMBLED AT WEST COAST CALIFORNIA
PLANT.
PLANES BEING LOADED ON SHIP IN NEW YORK, FOR
DELIVERY TO ENGLAND AS RESULT OF BILL SIGNING.
00:14:41 811.6
FREIGHTER "CITY OF FLINT" RELEASED IN NORWAY.
SAILS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER BEING SEIZED BY
GERMAN POCKET BATTLESHIP AND RELEASED TO NORWAY.
U.S. MINISTER TO NORWAY, MRS. J. BORDEN HARRIMAN
POSES WITH HER SHEPPARD DOG AS SHE TELLS OF RELEASE
00:15:19 849.6
SOVIET BOMBS HIT BUILDINGS IN HELSINKI
(DECEMBER 1939)
CAPITAL CITY OF FINLAND BOMBED PRIOR TO PEACE
AGREEMENT. MONTAGE RESCUE WORKERS SIFT THROUGH
SMOLDERING DEBRIS OF BUILDING IN SEARCH OF
SURVIVORS. COFFINS OF VICTIMS ARE ROLLED ON
CARRIAGE-TYPE WHEELS IN PROCESSION TO CEMETERY
00:16:03 893.6
GENEVA: LEAGUE OF NATIONS DELEGATES MEET TO
CONSIDER FATE OF FINLAND. WITH WORLD-WIDE SYMPATHY
FOR FINLAND, NEWSPAPER REPORTERS FROM ALL OVER
WORLD GATHER AT MEETING PLACE. SOVIETS ARE
EXPELLED FROM LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
00:16:31 921.6
ENGLAND RUSHES EMPIRE DEFENSE AT HONG KONG
(FEBRUARY 1940)
BRITAIN PREPARES FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE ISLAND
STRONGHOLD IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. VINTAGE BI-WING
SEAPLANE FLYS AREA OF HONG KONG AT BASE OF
PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN RANGE. MONTAGE NATIVE CHINESE
WORKERS DIG GUN EMPLACEMENT OUT OF ROCKY
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OVERLOOKING HARBOR.
FORTIFICATIONS BEING BUILT, GUN EMPLACEMENTS
CONSTRUCTED.
00:17:19 969.6
AS ONE WORKER HOLDS CHISEL ANOTHER POUNDS IT WITH
HEAVY SLEDGEHAMMER. DYNAMITE IS PLACED IN
RESULTING HOLE. THE ROCK IS BLASTED.
00:17:35 985.6
FAMILY, INCLUDING MOTHER AND 3 SMALL CHILDREN,
WORK WITH HAMMERS, BREAKING LARGE STONES INTO
LITTLE ONES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
00:18:00 1010.6
BRITISH PT BOATS SPEED BY CHINESE JUNKS IN HARBOR.
TORPEDO IS FIRED BY PT BOAT IN TRAINING RUN.
SUBMARINE NETS, SMALL TORPEDO BOATS ON GUARD.
CANNONS ARE FIRED FROM BUILT-IN MOUNTAIN
FORTIFICATION.
00:18:32 1042.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE (MARCH 1940)
ADDITIONAL AMERICAN SEA STRENGTH UNDER THE NAVAL
EXPANSION PROGRAM. 1500 TON SUB TRITON LAUNCHED AT
PORTSMOUTH. PARTIALLY BUILT SHIP LIES IN DRYDOCK
AT SHIPYARD. NEW SUBMARINE SITS ON LAUNCHING
CRADLE IN SHIPYARD. WORKERS USE BATTERING RAMS TO
DRIVE WEDGES THAT LIFT SUB FROM CRADLE. SUB SLIDES
GRACEFULLY DOWN WEIGHS.
00:19:32 1102.6
FINLAND. FINNISH SOLDIERS GUARD OVER CAPTURED
SOVIET VEHICLES LAYING ON SNOW BOUND ROADSIDE.
WOMAN WALKS DOWN SNOWY ROAD WITH 3 CHILDREN, ONE
CHILD IS BUNDLED UP IN CARRIAGE. LIMPING SOLDIER
IS HELPED WALK BY 2 COMRADES
00:19:49 1119.6
FINLAND (APRIL 1940)
OFFICIAL END TO THE NORTHERN STRUGGLE. IN
HELSINKI, FORMER FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER TANNER
ANNOUNCES TERMS OF SOVIET PEACE AGREEMENT TO
REPORTERS. EXPLAINS COUNTRY'S ACCEPTANCE OF
RUSSIAN PEACE TERMS. NEWSPAPER MAN SELLS NEWS
PAMPHLETS TO PEOPLE. MONTAGE PEOPLE READ SAD NEWS
00:20:22 1152.6
FOREIGN MINISTER TANNER EXPLAINS TERMS OF "SEVERE"
PEACE AGREEMENT.
00:21:21 1211.6
PARIS: NEW FRENCH CABINET HEADED BY PREMIER PAUL
REYNAUD POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON STEPS OF
PARLIAMENT BUILDING. DEFENSE MINISTER DALADIER
PRESENT. "TOTAL WAR" PROGRAM
00:22:07 1257.6
FINLAND (APRIL 1940)
EXODUS OF THE NORTH. LONG COLUMN OF REFUGEES ARE
AMONG TO 400,000 FINNS WHO ABANDONED THEIR HOMES
AFTER SOVIETS SEIZED THEIR HOMES & LAND. REFUGEES
ALL BUNDLED UP RIDE IN HORSE-DRAWN SLEDS, CARRYING
WORLDLY POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING 2 COWS
00:22:39 1289.6
PORT TOWNS SEIZED BY SOVIETS.
00:23:15 1325.6
BATTLE FOR NORWAY (MAY 1940)
SUDDEN INVASION BY GERMANY. GERMAN SOLDIERS LOUNGE
ON CONVOYED TROOP WARSHIP SPEEDING ACROSS THE
SKAGERRAK TOWARDS OSLO, NORWAY.
AERIAL BRITISH AIRLPANES ATTACK GERMAN WARSHIPS.
WARSHIPS STEAM INTO FJORD OF OSLO. NAZI VINTAGE
SEAPLANE TAKES OFF FROM PICTURESQUE OSLO HARBOR,
PAN. GERMAN TROOPS WALK DOWN GANGPLANK AT OSLO
PIER. TANK IS LOWERED ONTO PIER. UNLOADING
SOLDIERS SUPPLIES, TANKS & BIG GUNS.
00:25:26 1456.6
HEADED BY REGIMENTAL BAND, THE NAZI TROOPS
GOOSE-STEP INTO OSLO.
00:26:12 1502.6
LONG LINE OF NAZI SHIPS RIDE THE SKAGERRAK IN
NORTH SEA ON WAY TO NORWAY. WAVES FLOW OVER HULL
OF WARSHIPS AS THEY RIDE ALONG ON ROUGH SEAS.
00:26:35 1525.6
MONTAGE DEPTH CHARGES EXPLODE AS NAZI SHIPS HUNT
FOR BRITISH SUBMARINES TRYING TO DETER INVASION
FORCE. NAZI FIGHTER PLANES FLY OVER SEAPLANE BASE
IN NORWAY NOW IN GERMAN HANDS. AERIAL NAZI
SEAPLANES SIT IN HARBOR.
00:26:59 1549.6
GOOD SHOT OF GERMAN BOMBER FLYING JUST ABOVE
TREE TOPS TOWARDS CAMERA AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING
NAZI 3-PROP TRANSPORT PLANES LAND AT AIRPORT IN
NORWAY. THOUSANDS OF GERMAN TROOPS, JUST FLOWN IN,
MARCH OFF FIELD.
00:27:46 1596.6
LONG LINE OF NAZI TANKS WITH ONE SOLDIER STANDING
AT ATTENTION FROM EACH HATCH MAKE IMPRESSIVE VIEW
AS THEY ROLL DOWN CITY STREET.
00:28:19 1629.6
MONTAGE BRITISH DESTROYER SHIP DARINGLY ENTER
HARBOR OF NARVIK, NORWAY & BLAST NAZI WARSHIPS &
MERCHANT CRAFT LEAVING LITTER OF SINKING SHIPS.
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Year: 1939-1940  Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II

Description: THE BEGINNINGS OF WWII IN EUROPE.

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