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Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):459754Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:UNIDENTIFIEDAccession:1973-0141Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1943 ?Production company:Concanen ProductionDescription:Travelogue of Poland, Warsaw and public buildings, squares, statuary, etc. Also, Cracow, University, Medieval architecture, Polish history. Celebration on stopping of Mogol invasion. Polish folk dance. Sequence on villages, farm life, Polish music and folk song on sound track. Polish peasants at prayer, in procession. Shots of Baltic seaport. Sailors and soldiers march past the camera. Cut to war memorial. September 1939 Germany invades Poland. Infantry, armour, dive bombers, etc. are shown in action. Heinkel bombers carry out air raid. Sequence on bombing, shelling and capture of Warsaw. Surrender of Polish army. Paderewsky and Polish government in exile deliberating. Sequence on Polish navy in British ports and on Polish contingent of R.A.F. General Sikorski decorates Polish soldiers in England. Camp life for Polish soldiers in England. Sequence on Polish children, young me in exile in England living in camps, going to school, etc. <19mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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