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BILDER VOM EINSATZ DER LUFTWAFFE IM POLENFELDZUR of 2) (1939)

1939 · Newsreel · 9 min

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ARC 44358, LI 242-MID-6132 - BILDER VOM EINSATZ DER LUFTWAFFE IM POLENFELDZUR (Reel 1 of 2) Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. MILITARY FILM REPORT: Highlights Luftwaffe's reconnaissance and bombing roles in Polish campaign, 1939. Uses animated to illustrate German plane movement and locate Polish airfields. R.1: At a German air base, French officers examine German planes, while German soldiers load bombs and camouflage planes. Illustrates progress of planes over Poland; aerial shots of Cracow, Carpathian Mountains, Lvov, Russia, Brest Litovsk, and Forts Lublin and Modlin, Poland. R.2: Bombing of airfields near Goansk and Warsaw, Biala airfield, Narew-Rozan river bridge, railroad stations and cars and buildings.

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Running time
9 minutes
Language
English
Collection
News & Public Affairs
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.44358.1