PRZYSIEGAMY ZIEMI POLSKIEJ... [Main Title]

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  • Title: PRZYSIEGAMY ZIEMI POLSKIEJ... [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 741
  • Other titles: WE SWEAR TO POLAND, OUR MOTHERLAND [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Newsreel depicting the creation, in the Soviet Union, of the 1st Polish Division 'Tadeusz Kosciuszko', the "sword of Polish democracy", which will help to liberate the motherland. The division and its CO, Colonel Zygmunt Berling, swear an oath of allegiance to the Polish nation at Sielce on the Oka River.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: WE SWEAR TO POLAND, OUR MOTHERLAND [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: MGH 741
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: Poland
  • Production Details: Polish Army, 1st Polish Division 'Tadeusz Kosciuszko', Film Leaders (Production company) Sojuzkinokronika (with the cooperation of) (Production company) Ford, Aleksander (Production individual) Perski, Ludwik (Production individual) Wohl, Stanislaw (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Russia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: Polish Title language: Polish Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1535 ft; Running time: 17 mins
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