Images of Great German victory - occupation of Poland (September 1939)
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German footage of Air Raid drills in Rome and shelling, and eventual surrender, of Warsaw.
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Cut story of French preparations for the war.
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First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Church gives speech on first ten weeks of the war.
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The German Naval bombardment of Danzig and the advance into Warsaw. Includes footage of the surrender of Warsaw.
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Footage of the new President of Poland asking for blessing in Paris church in France.
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Footage of the Polish army parading through the streets of Warsaw in Poland.
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Footage of Poland's military preparations for war.
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Footage of Colonel Beck the Poland Foreign Minister posing for photographers in London.
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General Sir Edmund Ironside (British Inspector General of Overseas Forces) inspects the ranks of the Polish Army in Warsaw
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Footage of ARP demonstration in Warsaw, Poland.
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First pictures since tension became acute.
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Footage of the Hungarian army arriving in Poland in blizzard conditions.
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Footage of Poland's Prime Minister arriving in England for meeting with British Government.
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South African newsreel story about refugee camp for Polish children in South Africa.
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Footage of the Polish Prime Minister General Sikorksi inspecting naval officers in Britain.
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General Sikorski (Polish Prime Minister in Exile) being welcomed in Angers, France, for the installation of Poland's governmental headquarters
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Alsatians are trained as army dogs by Polish soldiers.
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Queen Elizabeth makes a broadcast to the women of the Empire at the start of WWII.
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Neutral merchant ships remain in Swedish docks due to threat of U-boat attack, Sweden.
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Footage of Colonel Beck the Polish Foreign Minister.
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Footage of wrecked German bomber and General Sikorski in France.
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Footage of preparations being made in Britain for outbreak of war.
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Footage of children being evacuated at outbreak of war and European countries preparing for the war.
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Paris prepares for war with air raid drills, sand bagging and evacuating children to the country.
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