British Movietone
WAR! -
The fateful hour has struck, Britain and Germany are at war. Members gather at the House to hear the Premier's speech. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
British Movietone
NO 10, FOCAL POINT -
The Polish Ambassador and German Charge D'Affaires call at No 10 Downing Street. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
British Movietone
PARLIAMENT -
Parliament is re-called to meet the emergency. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not...
British Movietone
PEACE OR WAR?
Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of...
British Movietone
STRONG ARM OF THE RAF (EXCLUSIVE) - NO SOUND
Further and further by night and day the 'Lancasters' strike Augsburg, Le Creusot, Milan - so in picture and word let us pay tribute to those who fly them and those who maintain these mighty offensive weapons. Disclaimer: British...
British Movietone
CONTINENTAL CYCLING
A cycling race, from Warsaw through Prague to Berlin, and twenty four countries were competing, giving the event an international flavour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
British Movietone
POLISH CRISIS
In Warsaw crowds gathered to read and discuss Poland's new move in her long struggle for freedom. Workers' delegations met to consider the return of a former leader, ousted and imprisoned under the Stalin regimes. Now, Gomulka had, in...
Curated Video
CAN583 WOMAN DISCUS THROWER AT POLISH ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP IN WARSAW
Woman discus thrower at Polish athletic championship in Warsaw.
1. official with stop watches round neck
2. ms woman discus thrower
Note - approximate date
Film: Neg - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN20499 - Available...
Curated Video
SYND 22 8 80 AFTERMATH OF SEVERE TRAIN CRASH IN POLAND
Poland's worst train disaster has killed 69 people and more than 50 have been injured, many critically. The accident was caused when a fast moving train ignored the signal to stop and crashed head-on into the fully loaded passenger train...
Curated Video
CAN553 FILE FILM OF COMMUNIST POLISH LEADER WLADYSLAW GOMULKA
File film on the Communist Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. Polish Prime Minister Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, East German leader Walter Ulbricht, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai, Cuban...
Curated Video
CAN734 USA PLAY POLAND IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ICE HOCKEY
In the World Ice Hockey Championships in Ljubljana, the USA beat Poland 6-4.
1. ws crowd
2. vs game on, USA score, crowd
3. vs play continues, Poland score, crowd
4. vs play continues, USA scores again
5. mcu crowd chanting
6. vs play...
Curated Video
SYND 8 8 68 WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES IN MILITARY MANOEUVRES
The Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany hold amphibious manoeuvres in Norths Sea
1. various shots ships ploughing through rough water (dramatic)
2. cu officer observing from the beach
3. tanks down slipway from ship, into the...
Curated Video
SYND 1 9 67 COMMEMORATION OF NAZI INVASION
Warsaw demonstration against all war and agression on eve of the 28th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland.
1. vs crowds in square
2. ws platform
3. vs speaker
4. ws soldiers fire salute
5. ms veterans carrying flag
6. ms wreath...
Curated Video
CAN411 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION MARKED BY CEREMONY
Ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Warsaw at the end of World War 2
1. ws pan wreath laying ceremony
2. mcu troops, ceremony
3. vs more wreaths laid
4. vs ruins
5. ws tanks thru streets
6. ws crowds...
Curated Video
CAN918 WARSAW PACT FOREIGN MINISTER CONFERENCE HELD IN
Foreign Ministers of Warsaw Pact nations meet in Poland for a conference. The Foreign Ministers in attendance include Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union, Adam Rapacki of Poland, Janos Peter of Hungary, Vaclav David of Czechoslovakia,...
Curated Video
CAN711 POLISH CANOEISTS RACE ON FREEZING RIVER IN POLAND
Polish canoeists race through an icy river at an unidentified location in Poland.
1. vs two-man canoes passing by
2. ms man breaking ice on riverbank
3. ws canoeist breaking river ice
4. ws canoeists breaking river ice
5. two ms men...
Curated Video
CAN410 COMMUNIST LEADERS MEET IN WARSAW FOR CONFERENCE
Communist talks open in Warsaw, present for the talks were Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, Russian minister Georgy Zhukov, Soviet foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Czech President Antonin Novotny, Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov, East...
Curated Video
CAN279 PRE-OLYMPIC ATHLETICS CONTEST WON BY POLAND
In the run-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo later this year, England hosted Poland in London for an athletics contest. the men's teams tied the tournament, and Poland own the women's competition.
1. ws zoom into 100 metres, women start...
Curated Video
CAN611 BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY MAKES OFFICIAL VISIT TO POLAND
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart In Warsaw.
1. las sign Warsaw airport
2. ms British and Polish national flags
3. ms military officers
4. ms welcoming party with Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki and wife
5. ms Stewart and...
Curated Video
CAN630 ITALIAN PRESIDENT SARAGAT ARRIVES IN POLAND FOR STATE VISIT
Italian President Giuseppe Saragat arrives in Warsaw for state visit.
*** 35mm footage ***
1. ms aircraft Alitalia taxies in
2. ms Saragat down steps holding flowers and is greeted, press take photographs
3. vs Saragat being greeted by...
Curated Video
SYND 19 6 67 POLISH DIPLOMATS LEAVE ISRAEL AFTER BREAK IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Polish diplomats leave Israel following a break in diplomatic relations
1. ls plane on tarmac
2. cu plane
3. luggage unloaded from truck
4. cu suitcase along conveyor belt into plane
5. Polish diplomats and families across tarmac to...
Curated Video
CAN666 OPERA HOUSE DESTROYED BY NAZIS REOPENS
The Warsaw Grand Theatre (Grand Theatre - National Opera House) reopens after being destroyed by Nazis during the November Uprising 20 years ago. The Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland Jozef Cyrankiewicz, the Secretary of...
Curated Video
CAN616 FOREIGN SECRETARY VISITS KRAKOW
The British Foreign Secretary visits Krakow Poland with his wife Mary Stewart. During the trip he visits the Sukiennice and a Military Cemetery.
1. ms car pulls up
2. mcu Stewart gets out of car
3. ws Stewart with in the Collegium...
Curated Video
CAN735 FASHION SHOW HELD IN WARSAW
A Polish Fashion show for spring and summer collections in Warsaw shows western influence.
1. ms title: 'Sylwetka 66, R. Golc,' woman on catwalk
2. ms woman modelling coat
3. ms woman modelling coat and hat on catwalk
4. vs ms models...