Poland and Europe at the beginning of World War II (1939)

Polish soldiers marching with a banner.

Faces of Polish pilots in the British Air Force standing in formation.

A panorama of soldiers' graves covered in snow.

The streets of Warsaw before the defense of the city, vehicles on the streets, shop windows filled with sandbags.

Patriotic demonstrations on the streets of Warsaw in the first days of the war.

Digging trenches in one of the districts of Warsaw.

Polish warships.

A signalman gives a signal to the troops.

Torpedo sailors at their combat posts.

Evacuation of the remnants of the Allied forces.

Welcoming the Polish pilots who arrived in England.

Maneuvers and exercises of the British Army.

Polish aircraft flying overhead.

Marching British soldiers.

Visiting a Polish troop position.

Presentation of the banner to one of the Polish units in British service.

Polish refugees left homeless, faces of refugees.

People leaving destroyed homes.

Women praying, kneeling before a crucifix on the wall of a church.

Panorama and views of destroyed city blocks.

A sign for an employment agency for Polish refugees in England, in Polish and English.

British fighter jets taking off.

A sign for the Polish Committee for Aid to War Victims.

A Polish poster.

Polish Red Cross vehicles in England.

The emblem of the Polish Red Cross on the side of a vehicle.

Loading boxes of humanitarian aid onto a vehicle in winter.

A funeral procession moves through a cemetery in winter.

Finnish national flags hung on the street of a city.

A damaged building of a government agency.

Finnish political figures gather for a banquet.

Arrival of Finnish President Kallio.

Finnish political and military leaders before the banquet.