1943 Poland after four years of war: On fourth anniversary of outbreak of war, Polish government

Date: 6th September 1943

Location: WARSAW, POLAND ENGLAND

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: WARSAW UNDER FIRE: PHOTOGRAPHED DURING THE SEIGE [SIC] OF WARSAW IN SEPTEMBER 1939.

POLAND: Warsaw:

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Caption: The Square Outside the Royal Castle

Square with monument and castle

Caption: One of the Main Streets:

Street with pedestrians and large building at end

Caption: A Street in the Centre of Warsaw

Bomb-damaged buildings and smoke

Caption: The Museum of Industry and Agriculture:

Bus and cars parked in street / Museum building

Caption: The Monument to Boguslawski - A pioneer of the Polish Theatre. In the background the National Theatre

Statue of Boguslawski / Various general views of museum exteriors and people along

Caption: A street leading to the theatre square

Street / Window in building / General views of large building (possibly theatre)

Caption: The Warsaw Town Hall

General views of Town Hall / Damage to Town Hall / Woman looking at dead body / Newly dug graves in graveyard / Gravediggers digging graves

Caption: The Polish Foreign Office / A Main Street in Warsaw

Man walking down street

Caption: The Hotel Angielski-Napoleon's Headquarters in 1812

GVs of Hotel Angielski with bomb damage / People along past rubble and debris in streets

Caption: Hotel Bristol

People waiting outside hotel including woman with suitcases and dog on top of luggage / Men (wearing suits and hats)

Caption: The Main Government Building: the Cabinet Office

Statue of lion (?) with missing head (damaged by bomb) / Government building with damaged roof / Damaged gate and entrance / Pedestrians along (seen through bars of gate)

Caption: A Fashionable Shopping Centre

People in street

Caption: The Polish Home Office

Polish Home Office building with statue outside / Rubble from bombings in street / Damaged building (block of flats)

Caption: A Warsaw Square

People gathered in square ** Poor quality film **

Caption: The USA Consulate and the Post Office Savings Bank Building

US Consulate showing bomb damage

Caption: The Lutheran Church

Church with severe bomb damage

Caption: The Chief Telegraph Office

GV building exterior with broken and missing windows / GVs damaged building and courtyard / Various GVs damaged buildings / Dead body being dug out of rubble / Men on mound of rubble PAN up to damaged building with missing walls / High angle shot of square / Building on fire /

ENGLAND:

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Various shots of Polish army lorries and tanks along country road / Tanks being camouflaged as Polish troops put tree branches across / GV country lane and camouflaged tanks / Camouflaged tank /

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