POLAND 19381945 WWII DOCUMENTARY amp TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 75734a

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This late 1940s black and white documentary film is about Poland from 1938-1945; an International Film Foundation, Julien Bryan Production, narrated by Merce Cunningham. Shown are Wawel Castle, Church of St. Mary, and Jagiellonian University (:44-1:47). The film says this footage of Royal Castle, Warsaw Cathedral, and Old Market Square is the last before they were destroyed (2:12-2:48). The Baroque Royal Palace is shown, burnt down in 1939 (2:50). A man and woman in a fur coat with a large dog talk on a wealthy porch. Hired hands work. Peasant women wearing head scarves pick potatoes. A peasant in a hat and wool-collared coat lights a cigarette (3:34-4:30). A man pushes a crate of geese (4:58-5:02). Little girls wear elaborate costume dresses. Two women walk wrapped in plaid blanket shawls (5:15-5:28). A Catholic processional passes (5:30-6:05). Men and women with head coverings follow the priest (6:06-6:30). Men mountaineers wearing round hats smoke pipes (6:31-6:39). A male wearing a cape arrives. Potatoes fry in a skillet (6:42-7:35). Colorfully dressed peasants perform a folk dance (7:37-8:10). A Ukrainian woman carries sticks on her back (8:12). A toddler wears a head-scarf (8:30). A Jew carries balloons attached to sticks. A elderly Jewish couple stand under a “M Finkelstein” business sign. (8:40-9:25). Colorful posters ask for money to build schools. Kindergarten children follow a nun in her habit. City school boys wear military-style hats (9:27-9:55). Chopin Monument in Lazienki Park looks over 1930s prams and baby carriages (9:57-10:25). 1938, a street car approaches and its passengers shown. A paper boy runs; people read newspapers. A funeral procession marches (10:27-11:25). Wheelbarrows and shovels are used in construction (11:27). Box train cars pass (11:48). Zinc is processed. A woman pours workers a tin cup of milk (11:50-12:30). Miners dig coal. They ride bicycles home (12:55-13:30). School girls march with a Nazi flag (14:44). Polish soldiers march. General Smigly-Rydz receives a baton from President Moscicki (14:51-15:39). Boys in newsboy caps cheer from a tree. Crowds watch the uniformed army with cannons march and Air Force fly above (15:42-16:03). September 1, 1939, German planes fly overhead. Military posters are shown. German Panzer tanks move into Poland and blow up a bridge (16:05-16:39). Polish Cavalry rush in (16:40-16:54). Volunteers dig fortifications in Warsaw (16:56-17:05). An extreme close-up of a German bomber is shown, and bombs dropping. Rescuers dig through rubble; dead bodies are shown. A woman in a bombed out window stares at a Mary statue. A child clings to a bird in a cage (17:05-17:36). Women pray in rubble and stand in bread food lines (17:46-18:08). The maternity ward with newborns is shown in the hospital’s cellar. Doctors and nurses bandage patients (18:10-18:28). Burning limbs and buildings crumble (18:29-18:39). Warsaw is shown in ruins in 1945 on liberation day. A woman greets Allied soldiers with a drink, a kiss, and flowers. Mangled wreckage of vehicles is shown. Women use pickaxes to dig at railroad tracks. Men pull down a damaged building. School children drink from cups (18:49-20:00). • We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: 01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference. • This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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