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Villagers greet German cavalry, Pomerania 1939
A unit of mounted Wehrmacht soldiers rides through the street of a village while civilians standing at the roadside smile and wave. Such images of a seemingly friendly population were part of the standard repertoire of Nazi propaganda during the invasion of Poland, meant to portray the invasion as a liberating, welcome act. The Pomeranian Corridor region was home to a significant German minority, some of whom did in fact greet the invading troops favorably. For the Polish majority population, however, the invasion marked the start of years of harsh occupation.
- 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
- HFE010266
- Length
- 0' 10"
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9
- Frames per Second
- 24 fps
- Chroma Subsampling
- yuv422p10le
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Format
- MOV
- File Size
- 252,927,684 bytes