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Schleswig-Holstein shells the Westerplatte, Danzig 1939

Name: Schleswig-Holstein shells the Westerplatte, Danzig 1939
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:40:36.178Z
Duration: 23 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

The old battleship Schleswig-Holstein opens fire with its guns on the Polish ammunition depot garrison at the Westerplatte at the entrance to Danzig harbor; smoke and destroyed storage buildings are visible along the quay. The shelling of the Westerplatte in the early hours of 1 September 1939 is considered one of the first military acts of the Second World War. The small Polish garrison under Major Henryk Sucharski defended itself against the far superior German attackers before surrendering. Their resistance became one of Poland's best-known symbols of the war's outbreak.

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: HFE010263
Length: 0' 23"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 510,776,468 bytes

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