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Lublin, Poland Liberated Texas in War Effort Dallas Houston San Antonio (1944)

1944 · Short film · 15 min

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Dating to 1944, these two newsreel segments are extracts from a longer Army-Navy Screen Magazine of the Screen. The first segment concerns the Polish city of Lublin, after the retreating Germans have been forced out. The second segment shows the State of Texas and its contributions to the WWII effort. Opening title: Report From Lublin (:06-:13). Bombed out buildings in WWII. On July 24, 1944, the advancing Russian Army drove Germans from Polish city of Lublin. Liberated Poles are shown as Russian T-72 tanks rumble through the town. Women give soldiers flowers. Bombed out buildings and a tank. The city was in ruins. Tanks on the city streets. Refugees walk the streets. Lublin Castle, a prison where many Poles including Jews were taken - is an awful sight: dead bodies strewn all over the place, shot and killed by the Germans, bodies left where the fell, note: gruesome footage of bodies. People forlornly examine the bodies. People shown grieving outside the castle. Lines of bodies. Bodies taken out of the building. Over 700 were killed. People mourn and have a service for the dead (:14-2:58). Note: during the German occupation between 1939 to 1944, between 40,000 and 80,000 inmates, many of them Polish resistance fighters and Jews, passed through the walls of the Castle. Just before withdrawing in 1944, the Nazis massacred all remaining prisoners. Title: Report from Texas, horses run by (2:59-3:11). Cattle herded side by side. Airplanes fly over Texas. Soldiers march. Skyline…

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Running time
15 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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