us-005578-irn1000601
type: RecordSet
date: 1939 September
has beginning date: 1940-01-01
has end date: 1940-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had identifier: 2
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 986
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn1000601
note: See also Story 739, Film ID 500 and Story 1123, Film ID 933 for a transfer of this reel in English. This footage is better quality. Produced in Germany. Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
scope and content: Reel 7: Graphic showing troops surrounding Warsaw and Kutno. Pans of destroyed polish equipment, dead horse, artillery wagons in river. Graphic then footage: German and Russian troops meet at the River Bug. Officers meet to negotiate demarcation line. Hitler at front, reviews SS, Himmler present. Radio operators, message sent to Warsaw to capitulate. Foreigners leave Warsaw. Large cannon fires on Warsaw. More artillery shots. Train attacked. Explosions and artillery. Soldiers look through fence towards fighting. Hitler looks through binoculars. LS of smoke over outskirts of city. Hitler observes fighting. Aerial of Warsaw covered in smoke. POV plane, destruction in Warsaw. Warsaw surrenders (in bus). Shots of Warsaw outskirts. First troops enter. Destroyed buildings, trams, etc.
title: German invasion of Poland, capture of Warsaw