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Wehrmacht soldiers lift the border barrier, 1939

Name: Wehrmacht soldiers lift the border barrier, 1939
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:40:11.104Z
Duration: 12 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

A group of Wehrmacht soldiers lifts and carries a long barrier off the road while infantry marches on in step toward Poland behind them. The forceful opening of border barriers served as a central symbolic image for the start of the German attack on 1 September 1939, which came without a declaration of war. The seemingly light, almost cheerful staging of such footage stood in stark contrast to the war of annihilation against the Polish population that followed in the weeks after.

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

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Clip name: HFE010259
Length: 0' 12"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 275,663,892 bytes

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