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Wehrmacht infantry and cavalry at an open border barrier, 1939

Name: Wehrmacht infantry and cavalry at an open border barrier, 1939
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:40:03.585Z
Duration: 14 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

A soldier lifts the barrier at a border crossing while infantry marching in step and mounted Wehrmacht units advance into Polish territory. Such images of the opened barrier were among the favored propaganda shots of the invasion of Poland, which began on 1 September 1939. Alongside motorized units, the Wehrmacht still relied heavily on mounted cavalry at the start of the war, a holdover from the First World War. The paved avenue and the soldiers' uniforms point to a fortified border crossing in the Pomeranian Corridor region.

Period: c. September 1, 1939–December 31, 1939
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

Specifications

Clip name: HFE010256
Length: 0' 14"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 306,982,164 bytes

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