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German tank column crosses the border, Pomerania 1939

Name: German tank column crosses the border, Pomerania 1939
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:39:52.324Z
Duration: 20 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

Tanks and a motorized Wehrmacht convoy roll across the state border into Poland, while people standing at the roadside wave at the entering troops. The attack on Poland began on 1 September 1939 without a declaration of war and marked the start of the Second World War in Europe. The Pomeranian Corridor region was home to a large German minority, whom Nazi propaganda deliberately staged as a cheering population. The rapid combination of tanks, infantry and motorized units defined the new style of warfare later known as blitzkrieg.

Period: c. September 1939–December 31, 1939
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE010255
Length: 0' 20"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 453,117,620 bytes

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