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Warsaw in September 1939. Chronicle of Besieged Warsaw

The footage from the Chronicle of besieged Warsaw is probably the work of the cameramen of the so-called 'Starzyński team'. The fragmentary images of bombarded Warsaw, including the ruined streets of the Old Town, the burning Royal Castle, the bodies of passers-by on the pavement, were recorded in September 1939 with a view to later editing.

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The footage from the Chronicle of besieged Warsaw is probably the work of the cameramen of the so-called 'Starzyński team'. The fragmentary images of bombarded Warsaw, including the ruined streets of the Old Town, the burning Royal Castle, the bodies of passers-by on the pavement, were recorded in September 1939 with a view to later editing.

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