Tonwoche №471 (1939)

Poland.

Offensive operations of German troops in Poland.

Infantry attack, explosions.

A tank is burning on the side of the road.

A captured bunker, its ruins.

A downed plane on the ground.

Horse artillery gallops along the street of a Polish city, convoys drive by.

German soldiers march along the road.

The city of Bromberg, Poles stand with their hands raised.

The arrest of Poles in the city.

Soldiers check the documents of the Poles, search them, lead the arrested.

A column of captured Jews.

Jews at the wall, they are in a truck.

Faces of Jews.

Delivery of prisoners under escort to a concentration camp.

German soldiers hand out food to the prisoners.

An open-air camp behind a fence.

Prisoners, among them stands a priest Czestochowa, the square in front of the Czestochowa "Black Madonna" church, undamaged during the bombing.

A religious procession is underway.

German soldiers leave the church.

Inside the church, there are people praying, a service is going on.

German soldiers are leaving the church.

German soldiers are walking along the road, leading horses, cars with soldiers and guns are driving.

German sappers are restoring Polish railways and bridges.

Soldiers are carrying boards.

A pontoon bridge built by sappers, cars are driving along it.

Destroyed spans of the bridge.

German aerial reconnaissance is flying over enemy territory.

Landing at the airfield, the camera is removed from the plane.

The pictures are developed in the camera.

At headquarters, they are studying the photo reconnaissance data.

Hitler at the forward positions in Poland.

He is at headquarters with the generals at the map.

Hitler is riding in a car.

Continuation.

The car with the Fuhrer is driving along a military road, soldiers are greeting Hitler.

Driving past a destroyed bridge.

Hitler is with the troops, the general is reporting to him.

Residents are greeting Hitler.

Driving in a car along the road, broken Polish guns are on the side of the road.

Residents raise their hands in a fascist salute.

Hitler and officers are standing on a hill, watching the troops crossing the Vistula River.

Soldiers are crossing in inflatable boats, convoys and horse artillery are driving along the road.

Captured Poles are heading to the camp, carrying the wounded in their arms.

Captured Polish soldiers are led through the city, people are watching them.

Prisoners in the camp, the PPR in their faces.

Prisoners are sitting on the ground, eating.

A German soldier is handing out cigarettes to prisoners.

Propaganda speeches by Polish prisoners on the radio.

They are asked if they want to fight.

They shout: "No." Troops are marching along the road, refugee convoys are moving towards them, a young man is leading cows.

A German soldier is giving bread to an old woman with a child.

Soldiers are spreading stew on bread and handing it out to children.

People are being fed from field kitchen cauldrons.

Children are at tables.

Bread and canned goods are being handed out to the population.

German soldiers are picking up children.

The Polish population is enthusiastically greeting the passing German troops, throwing flowers.

German tanks are on the city street, the residents are greeting them.

German soldiers are walking in a crowd of people, welcoming cries.