Summary: Short trimmings, haphazardly spliced together, some with fragments of German, French and English sound, of events leading up to the German attack on Poland, presented from the Polish viewpoint.
Description: These fragments are presumably parts of a compilation film issued in English and French sound versions. The following description concentrates on the visual material in this reel. Various industries including coal, stone, textiles, power works (in Poland ?). Nazi parade in Germany, opening of an autobahn with Goering (?) driving along with other cars on a stretch of road bedecked with Swastikas; town scenes (Danzig ?), railway junction, loading of wood onto ships in port, French map of Danzig and Polish corridor illustrating German intention of building autobahn, good views of old Hanseatic-style Danzig, commentary describing Nazi subversion in city, children with Swastika flags, a boat on the Vistula with a Swastika flag, synagogue placarded over, marching brownshirts, Nazi vote 95%, views of U-boats. Also includes views of two men at desk, not identified.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:RMY 179
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940
Production Country: GB
Poland
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Göring, Hermann Wilhelm (person)
