Poland Prepared (1939)

Various L/S’s of soldier marching through the street of Warsaw in Poland followed by tanks, fighter planes fly overhead. The commentator says “To us in Britain... these pictures bring home the comforting fact that the nation whose freedom we are pledged to defend with the force of our arms is no weakling herself.“ L/S’s of a barrage balloons and numerous anti aircraft guns. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.