1939 POLAND: Danzig focus of world attention
May 7, 2026
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1:49Now Playing1939 POLAND: Danzig focus of world attention
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as posted by the channelDate: 6th July 1939
Location: DANZIG
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Danzig Focus of World Attention
Danzig: Gen. of view of Danzig. Long view Church in square. Semi view people reading Nazi declarations. Semi view woman buys paper at kioske. showing German Newspaper. Long view people walking in street. Semi view Brown shirts leaving Nazi H.Q. Long view, CU, & semi views Brown shirts lined up...& walk towards. Long view Nazis past shops. Semi view closed Jewish shop... "Jude" painted on wall. Long view Nazis in dark uniforms. Gen. view pan up closed Jewish Synagogue. Long, semi & back views Nazi children parading with swastikas. Gen. top view Danzig showing river. Semi view bow of boat..."Sleipner, Kjobenhavn". Semi view Chinese boat "Fu Shing, Shanghai". Semi view boat.."Horsnes, Bergen". Gen view boats in harbour. Gen. view & CU grain shot into ship. Semi view unloading coat with steam-shovel. Semi view coal trucks. CU coal dropping into truck from steam-shovel. Long view & semi view unload-grain with aid of small cart.
Map scene of Danzig & Poland showing invasion across corridor. Pan from swastika on ground to Polish Free State Frontier. CU sign "Free State, Danzig". Long view country road & car. CU Swastika on ground. Gen. view poppies on "No-Man's Land".
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Pan down picture of Hitler to Greiser seated at desk. Semi CU Greiser seated at desk.
Poland; Gdansk; Arthur Greiser (President of the Free City of Danzig); Nazis; Brown shirts
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