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German advance through a Polish village, 1939
Wehrmacht soldiers march on foot while others ride motorcycles with sidecars through the street of a Polish village, as residents standing at the roadside watch the troops pass. Footage like this from the Pomeranian region documents the rapid German advance in the first days of the invasion of Poland, which began on 1 September 1939. The civilian population reacted differently to the entering troops depending on ethnicity and political outlook, since the region was ethnically mixed. In the following weeks and months, a harsh occupation policy toward the Polish population took hold in the occupied territory.
- Period
- c. September 1939–December 31, 1939
- Credit
- The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH
Specifications
- Clip name
- HFE010264
- Length
- 0' 16"
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9
- Frames per Second
- 24 fps
- Chroma Subsampling
- yuv422p10le
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Format
- MOV
- File Size
- 352,070,116 bytes