POLISH FILM MAGAZINE NO 2 [Main Title]

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  • Title: POLISH FILM MAGAZINE NO 2 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: RMY 93-2
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  • Summary: Events in the Polish Armed Forces on the land, at sea and in the air during Winter 1940-1941.
  • Description: I. Valentines drive past. General Fleischer of the Norwegian Army and General Kukiel visit Polish Army in Scotland and see coastal defences. General Sikorski decorates Fleischer with Polish Military Cross. II. General Sir Alan Brooke visits Polish army and takes salute at marchpast, beside Sikorski, of Polish soldiers for service in Bren carriers and on foot. III. Sikorski, with President Raczkiewicz, decorates Polish soldiers for service in France. IV. Foreign Secretary Eden visits the Polish forces in the Middle East. Troops in trucks, cavalry and infantry pass along the desert road. V. Anniversary of Polish anti-German uprising in Poznan on December 1918 is commemorated at ceremony attended by President Raczkiewicz and his wife, as well as Stanislas Mikolajczyk. VI. Raczkiewicz and Sikorski talk and shake hands. VII. Wendell Willkie talks to Sikorski. VIII. Raczkiewicz awards Polonia Restituta to General Ingr and other Czech officers. IX. Sikorski visits Polish destroyers in port, with Burza identified on left. X. Minister of Air Sir Archibald Sinclair and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal visit Polish fighter squadron in RAF which took part in the Battle of Britain. Messerschmitt Bf 109 shot down by Pole is on display in London in aid of Polish Relief Fund. XI. Raczkiewicz takes salute at marchpast of Polish members of RAF bomber squadron, and chats with Polish airmen at Christmas. XII. Sikorski awards Virtuti Militari decoration to Polish pilots who took part in the Battle of France. XIII. Over film of Battle trainers taking off and in formation overhead commentary praises the Polish Air Force serving with the RAF.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: RMY 93-2
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (RMY 93-2)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB Poland (Polish Government-in-Exile)
  • Production Details: Polish Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Polish Ministry of Information Film Division (Production company) Concanen (Production company) Cekalski, Eugene (Production individual) Polish Military Film Unit (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Brooke, Alan Francis (person) Eden, (Robert) Anthony (person) Fleischer, Carl Gustav (person) Ingr, Sergěj Jan (person) Kukiel, Marian (person) Mikołajczyk, Stanisław (person) Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (person) Raczkiewicz, Władysław (person) Raczkiewicz, Władysław (person) Sikorski, Władysław (person) Sinclair, Archibald Henry Macdonald (person) Willkie, Wendell Lewis (person) Polish Air Force (regiment/service) Polish Army, Free Poles (regiment/service) Polish Navy, ORP Burza (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Bf 109 & [captured] (object name) armour, British - carrier: Bren & [Polish] (object name) armour, British - tank: Valentine & [Polish] (object name) arts, British - music: Arne, Thomas & Rule Britannia (object name) ceremonies, Polish - display: marchpast (object name) ceremonies, Polish - event-related: anniversary of 1918 anti-German uprising, 22nd (object name) ceremonies, Polish - event-related: investiture, Polish Military Cross (object name) ceremonies, Polish - event-related: investiture, Order of Polonia Restituta (object name) ceremonies, Polish - event-related: investiture, Order of Virtuti Militari (object name) defences, Allied - emplacement: coastal gun battery (object name) delegations, British international - military: General Brooke visits Polish forces in Middle East (object name) delegations, British international - military: Portal and Sinclair visit Polish Air Force Squadrons (object name) delegations, British international - political: Eden visits Polish troops (object name) delegations, Czechoslovak international - military: General Ingr visits Polish troops (object name) delegations, Norwegian international - military: General Fleischer visits Polish troops (object name) operations, Polish military - routine (object name) ships, Polish naval - destroyer: Burza (object name) society, Polish - charity: Polish Relief Fund (object name) Tentsmuir, Fife, Scotland, UK (geography) Allies at War 1939-1945 (theme) Allied Personalities 1939-1945 (theme) Poland 1939-1945 (theme) Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1022 ft; Running time: 12 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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