The Outbreak of Second World War - September 1939

On 1st September 1939 Germany aircraft bombed the city of Wielun in Poland and minutes later the battleship 'Schleswig-Holstein' bombarded the Polish port where it was on a "courtesy visit". The invasion of Poland which followed led the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, to declare war on Germany in a radio broadcast on 3rd September 1939. The film 'German Invasion' is made up of captured German film and shows the bombardment of Danzig from a camera on board the 'Schleswig-Holstein'.

: German Invasion Of Poland (1939); The German Naval bombardment of Danzig and the advance into Warsaw. Includes footage of the surrender of Warsaw.; British Pathé

: Captured German Newsreel - September 1939; Images of Great German victory - occupation of Poland (September 1939); British Pathé

: War ! (1939); Footage of children being evacuated at outbreak of war and European countries preparing for the war.; British Pathé

: Review Of The Year - 1939 (1939); Library footage of the main events that shaped 1939.; British Pathé

: The Prime Minister And Germany (1938); Neville Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden and speaks to the press on his return.; British Pathé

: The Crisis (1939); As Polish crisis deepens British government holds emergency meeting, whilst France prepares for war.; British Pathé

: Time To Remember - The Reluctant Warriors 1939 - Reel 1 (1939); Documentary about events of 1939 - preparations for war and then hostilities break out.; British Pathé

: Paper Caricatures (1940); Bruce Angrave makes clever model caricatures of famous people out of paper.; British Pathé

: Days Of Tension (1939); Footage of preparations being made in Britain for outbreak of war.; British Pathé