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German sailors during the bombardment of the Westerplatte, 1939

Name: German sailors during the bombardment of the Westerplatte, 1939
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T02:04:53.559Z
Duration: 34 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

On board, armed sailors watch the continued shelling of the Westerplatte through binoculars while warehouses burn and thick smoke rises from the quay. The Schleswig-Holstein and other German units attacked the Polish peninsula garrison at Danzig harbor from 1 to 7 September 1939. The heavily outnumbered defenders of the Westerplatte held out far longer than the Germans had expected, despite massive artillery and air bombardment. Their resistance became one of the best-known symbols of Poland's entry into the war.

Period: c. September 1, 1939–September 7, 1939
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE011562
Length: 0' 34"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 769,138,372 bytes

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