EVENTS LEADING UP GERMAN OCCUPATION OF POLAND Part 1

Description

1) MS GV PAN Destroyed bridges. (SV)2) MCU DA Trains and equipment destroyed on bridges by bombs.3) MCU GV PAN DA POWs constructing new bridge over river.4) MCU Troop carriers passing over temporary bridge.5) MS PAN Horse drawn artillery pieces being pulled across bridge. (SV)6) MCU Tanks crossing river.7) MCU DA Tanks pulling guns through river. (SV)8) MCU Airplane engine with propellers turning over. (SV)9) MS LA German bombers taking off. (SV)10) MCU Pilot and co-pilot in cockpit of German bomber. (SV)11) LS DA AV Destroyed bridge. (SV)12) LS DA Railroad and bridges damaged by German bombing.13) MCU Wheel on German bomber as it touches ground for landing.14) LS GV German bomber landing and taxiing across field.15) MCU German film after reconnais sance flight, showing location of Polish armies; Germans making interpretations of photographs.16) MS GV German planes on field preparing for take off. (SV)17) MCU German ground crew loading planes with bombs and ammunition prior to take off.18) MS GV German pilots running across field to man their planes.19) MCU German pilot entering cockpit of fighting plane.20) MCU MS German plane taking off. (SV)21) MCU German Stuka bombers in flight. (SV)22) MCU Pilot of German bomber.23) LS DA AV German planes flying over bridges, railroads and cities; this is area which will be bombed.24) LS DA Taken during dive by Stuka bomber on railroad yard in Poland, showing slit trenches and and many trains in railroad yard.25) LS DA Plane strafing roadway.26) MS MCU Flak thrown up by Polish defenders.27) MS DA Three German planes flying in formation.28) MCU Machine gunner, in bow of German bomber, firing during strafing runs.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities