Railroad to Russia (1939)

Movie №67582, 2 parts, Duration: 0:15:30 B/W

Reel №1

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Autumn 1939. Military operations on the territory of Poland.

Devastated burning cities.

Poland in the first days after the war: damaged bridges, disabled transport.

Warsaw.

The population of Warsaw (Jews) clearing the streets of debris.

Restoration work at the locomotive plant.

Repairs to locomotives are carried out in the open air in freezing temperatures.

Snow removal by machine on the roads

Keywords

Poland, World War 2, destruction, fire, bridge, factory

Reel №2

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Construction and restoration of bridges across the Vistula.

Construction of a temporary wooden bridge.

Explosions of the ice cover on the Vistula.

Sending Poles to work in Germany (the moment of boarding the cars).

Trains loaded with grain and oil tanks arrive in Przemysl from the USSR to Germany.

Freight trains running along the restoration railways connecting Germany and the USSR and other countries located to the East of it.

Keywords

Poland, construction, bridge, explosion, railway

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