| Source | The amateur films made in the first days of war, during and just after German bombings. |
| Event referred to | The Warsaw bombardment 1939. |
| Technological characteristics | Type of file: video
Extension : .mov
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| Description of the source | Films were realized during the bombardment of Warsaw in September 1939. They are completely dedicated to those events. They show German airstrikes, starting from the very first moments of war, up till the surrender of the Capital city. They also show the material destruction and reactions of Polish nation to the magnitude of the tragedy. |
| Contextualisation of the source | Amateur films show the bombardment of Warsaw in September 1939. They show German airplains dropping bombs upon the city, they register despair and suffering of people, also the terror and pain after the loss the loved ones. |
| Interpretation of the source | Films show the air raid on Warsaw. They show German airplains dropping bombs right upon the heart of the city. The enormity of destruction after German air attacks. They also show the reaction of Polish nation. Especially the affliction, despair and pain of people after the loss of the closest ones who died during air attacks, but also the terror resulting from the huge material devastation – the destruction of valuable architect relics and others with precious historical value, not only to Poles. |
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