- Title: VM-1211A
- Summary: THE WHITE EAGLE: AUGUST 1940 - MARCH 1941
- Description:00:39:03 - SHADOW OF ENGLISHMAN NARRATOR WITH FEDORA AND PIPE IN HAND AS HIS VOICE OVER BEGINS NARRATING FILM, TELLS STORY OF POLISH PEOPLE IN BRITAIN DURING WWI AND NAZI BLITZKRIEG. 000 39 24 ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENES WITH OF WARSAW, POLAND BEFORE ON AUGUST 1939. . VARIOUS LANDMARK BUILDINGS. INCLUDING LARGE STATUE OF SAINT WITH CROSS IN HAND ATOP MONUMENT OVERSEEING THE CITY. LS HUGE FLOCK OF PIGEONS LANDING IN WARSAW SQUARE ATTRACTED BY LITTLE BOY FEEDING. (LOOKS SIMILAR TO ST. PETER'S SQUARE IN ROME). CU HUNDREDS OF PIGEONS ON GROUND FEEDING HUNGRILY. PIGEONS SUDDENLY TAKE TO AIR. CU STATUE OF LION WITH PIGEONS FLYING ABOUT. 00:40:02 - SCENE OF SMALL POLISH BOY FEEDING PIGEONS CONTINUES, EXCEPT HE IS FEEDING THEM IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN LONDON, ENGLAND WHERE HE FLED FROM NAZIS. CU BOY, WEARING POLISH BOY SCOUT OUTFIT (?), AS HE FEEDS BIRDS. PIGEON LANDS ON BOY'S SHOULDER. BELL TOWER IN B/G. VARIOUS BUSY STREETS SCENES IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, DOUBLE DECKER BUS PASSING, MONUMENTS WITH STATUE LORD NELSON IN B/G. BIRDS EAST OUT OF HIS HANDS. 00:40:26 - BOY SALUTES FELLOW COUNTRYMAN IN ARMY UNIFORM AFTER DISTRIBUTING POLISH DAILY NEWSPAPER TO HIM. PAN LANDMARK STATUES IN SQUARE. CU PEDESTRIANS, BUSES, TRUCKS, TRAFFIC PASSING IN BUSY SQUARE. 00:40:49 - MS POLISH BOY WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA, NEWSPAPERS UNDER ARM, SUDDENLY STOPS, LOOKS SKYWARD. AGAIN HE HEARS FAMILIAR HUM OF NAZI PLANES. LS SQUADRON NAZI BOMBERS IN SKY POV GROUND. MCU BOY KNOCKS ON DOOR OF POLISH EMBASSY. CU POLISH EMBASSY SIGN. MS COUNT VAJINSKI, POLISH EMBASSADOR AT DESK , LOOKS OVER TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN POLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN. CU TREATY. 00:41:31 - COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF POLISH FORCES IN BRITAIN GENERAL SIKORSKY, MEETS WITH BRITISH LEADERS TO "FIGHT FOR THE PRESENT, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE" VARIOUS SHOTS DAMAGED MEETING ROOM AFTER GERMAN BOMBING ATTACK. 00:42:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS POLISH AIRMEN FLYING BRITISH FIGHTER PLANES (SPITFIRES) AND. FIGHTERS IN FLIGHT AND LANDING. "...IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, NO FEWER THAN 300 GERMAN PLANES WENT DOWN UNDER THE GUNS OF POLISH AIRMEN". MS POLISH AIRMAN GETTING OUT OF SPITFIRE. VARIOUS SHOTS POLISH AIRMEN IN BRIEFING ROOM HAVING SMOKES, READING LETTERS. PLAYING DARTS. 00:43:29 - TRAFFIC IN LONDON AMID BUILDING RUINS. SIGN ON BUILDING "MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE". "EMPLOYMENT OFFICE FOR POLISH NATIONALS". OTHER SIGN IN POLISH. CU POLISH AMBULANCES TOWARDS CAMERA. POLISH WORKERS LOAD MEDICAL SUPPLIES ON TRUCKS. DOCTORS EXAMINE PATIENT IN HOSPITAL BED. TAKES BLOOD PRESSURE. INJECTS ARM OF REFUGEE WITH HYPODERMIC NEEDLE. SHOT OF BOMBER IN SKY. 00:44:16 - BOYS IN POLISH CLASSROOM IN ENGLAND. MCU SIGN ON OFFICE DOOR "THE POLISH HEART", A CENTER FOR CULTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE, PRESENTED TO POLISH BY BRITISH COUNCIL. POLISH AND NORWEGIAN MILITARY CLIMB STAIRS IN BUILDING. POLISH DIGNITARY SITS WITH KING OF NORWAY, HAVING CUP OF TEA. CU VARIOUS SHOTS VIOLINIST PLAYING. CU FINGERING STRINGS."IN POLAND YOU MAY NOT LISTEN TO POLISH MUSIC, GERMANS HAVE FORBIDDEN IT". SHOT OF BOMBER IN SKY. 00:45:04 - MARQUEE ON BUILDING "ANGLO-POLISH BALLET". VARIOUS SHOTS POLISH BALLET DANCERS IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE COSTUME DOING PERFORMANCE OF "KRAKOW POLISH WEDDING". LS FIGHTERS IN SKY. POLISH GROUND CREWS AND PILOTS SERVICING PLANES. PILOTS PUTTING ON FLAK JACKETS AND GEAR. VARIOUS SHOTS PILOTS PLAYING CARDS. CU CARDS HAND. ALARM RINGS, PILOTS DROP CARDS AND SCRAMBLE TO FIGHTER PLANES. CLIMB INTO PLANES, TAKING OFF IN THEIR SPITFIRES. VARIOUS SHOTS PLANES IN FLIGHT. 00:46:57 - VARIOUS SHOTS POLISH ARTIST AT WORK DOING HIS SKETCHES. CU VARIOUS SKETCHES OF WINSTON CHURCHILL WITH CANE. LS PLANES IN FLIGHT. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING SKYWARD AT GERMAN BOMBERS. BOMBS EXPLODING. MS BRITISH AIR RAID WARDEN DIRECTING TRAFFIC. DOUBLE DECKER BUSES IN BUSY TRAFFIC. LONDON CLOCK TOWER. LS SILHOUETTE OF LONDON'S TOWERS ON BANKS OF THAMES RIVER AT DUSK. MS WOMAN DRAWS CURTAINS IN LIVING ROOM TO SHADE LIGHTS AGAINST GERMAN NIGHT BOMBERS. LONDON BRIDGES AT NIGHT. 00:48:21 - MS POLISH BOOK STORE. MEN, WOMEN PERUSING BOOKS IN POLISH BOOKSTORE IN BRITAIN. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN BOMBERS TAKING OFF FROM FRANCE FOR NIGHT RAID ON BRITAIN. FEMALE LIBRARIAN STACKING SHELVES. CU "ALL CLEAR" SIGN BEING TURNED AROUND TO "AIR RAID ALERT HAS SOUNDED" SIGN. LS AIR RAID WARDENS ON ROOF PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS. LS BOMBERS APPROACHING. MORE OF AIR RAID WARDENS. MCU YOUNG BOY ASSEMBLING MODEL OF BRITISH SPITFIRE. 00:49:12 - VARIOUS SHOTS THIS FILM, BEING CUT IN CUTTING ROOM OF STUDIO, AS BOMBS FALL. FEMALE , MALE WORKERS CUTTING, SPLICING, ORGANIZING, CANNING, FILM. EXPLODING BOMBS LIGHT UP ACTIVITIES OF AIR RAID WARDENS AND BRIDGES AT NIGHT. CU LITTLE BOY STUDYING ENGLISH PRACTICES HIS NUMBERS BY COUNTING THE EXPLOSION. CU BLACK CAT. POLISH SOLDIERS HAVING PARTY IN CRYPT OF POLISH CHURCH AS BOMBS FALL. 00:49:59 - CU ACCORDION PLAYER. FIRES RAGING IN LONDON. WOMAN'S HANDS TYPING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. VARIOUS SHOTS NEWSPAPER PRINTING PRESS IN ACTION, CU LITTLE BOY SOUND ASLEEP DESPITE BOMB SOUNDS. BLACK CAT FLINCHES AT SOUNDS. MORE BURNING BUILDINGS, FIREMEN HOSE THEM DOWN. CU "AIR RAID ALERT" SIGN IS TURNED AROUND TO "ALL CLEAR", AS RAID ENDS. LONDON TRAFFIC CONTINUES AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. PAN DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS OF NIGHT RAID. 00:51:58 - USUAL STREET SCENE, POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AS USUAL. LITTLE POLISH NEWSBOY WALKS BY SHATTERED BUILDINGS WITH PAPERS UNDER ARM. REMINISCENT OF POLAND HE REMEMBERS. WORKERS WITH PICKAXE AND SHOVELS SEARCH THROUGH RUBBLE. PAN BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN LONDON. 00:52:35 - BOOKS ON DISPLAY IN POLISH BOOK STORE WINDOW. BUS, AUTO TRAFFIC REFLECTION IN WINDOW. PAN VARIETY POLISH NEWSPAPERS. POLISH SOLDIERS PERUSING NEWSPAPERS. MS COMPANY POLISH SOLDIERS IN BRITISH UNIFORMS, LINE UP FOR INSPECTION ALONG SCOTTISH COUNTRYSIDE. MCU POLISH GENERAL PINS MEDAL ON SOLDIER WHO LOST A LEG AT NOVIK, KISSES BOTH CHEEKS. POLISH SOLDIERS PRACTICE ON SCOTTISH COUNTRY FIELDS. MECHANIZED UNITS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:53:50 - POLISH SOLDIERS AND THEIR WOMEN DANCING REEL AND MAZURKA. POLISH FEMALE DANCER IN TRADITIONAL DRESS DOES DIZZYING SPINNING DANCE TO SOUND OF VIOLIN PLAYER. ethnic dancing, folk dance. 00:54:24 - KING GEORGE AND POLISH GENERAL INSPECT POLISH BRIGADE. PAN SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION. KING GEORGE AND OTHERS PERUSE MAP. MS KING GEROGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH (QUEEN MOTHER) INSPECTING POLISH TROOPS AND FORTIFICATIONS. 00:55:19 - VARIOUS CU SHOTS WATERS OF ENGLISH CHANNEL. LS POLISH WARSHIP AND MERCHANT SHIPS AT SEA, MANNING DECK GUNS. MLS GERMAN BOMBER DROPPING BOMBS, POLISH SAILORS FIRING THEIR CANNON AND MACHINE GUNS AT PLANES. LS GERMAN DIVE BOMBER CRASHING INTO SEA. SAILOR SIGNALS WITH FLAGS ANOTHER WITH LIGHTS. POLISH SAILORS WRITING LETTER, PLAYING CARDS. 00:57:22 - ABOVE VIEW U. S. EMBASSADOR BIDDLE INSPECTS POLISH SAILORS ON SUBMARINE, WHICH ESCAPED TO ENGLAND. CU POLISH FLAG WAVING. VARIOUS VIEWS BRITISH BOMBERS BEING SERVICED BY POLISH GROUND CREWS. POLISH MEN ATTENDING MEDICAL SCHOOL IN EDINBORO. MALE. FEMALE STUDENTS IN LAB. WHITE RATS FOR LAB EXPERIMENTS BEING BY SOLDIER. PAN LAB EQUIPMENT. 00:59:14 - POLISH MAP MAKER WORKS ON MAPS OF POLAND. MASS BEING SAID IN POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LONDON 00:59:39 - PAN CLOUDS IN SKY, TILT DOWN TO PICTURESQUE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE, STREET SCENES IN VILLAGE, DUCKS IN POND, AS VOICE OVER FROM SHORT WAVE RADIO SAYING, "LONDON CALLING, LONDON CALLING.... ' '...PUT ON THE EARPHONES, TO LISTEN TO POLAND IN BRITAIN, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE....". WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM, OPENS CABINET TAKES OUT, PUTS ON, EARPHONES TO LISTEN. CU VINTAGE MICROPHONE AT RADIO STATION WITH MAN, WOMAN MAKING BROADCASTS CURRENT NEWS TO POLAND. CU MIC CIRCA 1930S. BOY AT SHORTWAVE RADIO PUTS ON EARPHONES. POLISH GROUND CREWS ROLL RACKS OF BOMBS TO PLANER. CU POLISH GROUND CREWMAN WRITES ON BOMB "AN EYE FOR AN EYE" (IN POLISH). AIRMAN WRAPS BELTS OF MACHINE GUN AMMO AROUND NECK. PILOTS IN BRIEFING ROOM. OFFICER AT LARGE WALL MAP. POLISH AIRMEN CLIMB INTO BOMBERS INTO COCKPIT. BOMBERS TAKING OFF, IN FLIGHT. FACE OF MALE, FEMALE RADIO ANNOUNCERS, LISTENERS, SUPER-IMPOSED OVER COUNTRYSIDE SCENES, "WE SAY AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.....". POLISH BOY SMELLING FLOWERS ON TREE, PAN FLOWERING TREES, SKY. 01:03:38 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1211A