overview
The first days after the liberation. A market place between Aleje Jerozolimskie and Marszałkowska street. A bridge. Movement on the streets.
| 00:00:01:02 | Title: "POLISH NEWSREEL 7/45". |
| 00:00:09:08 | A title card with the credits of the production team. |
| 00:00:15:18 | People standing on stairs, sitting on rooftops and looking out of the windows of a train. |
| 00:00:24:16 | Crowds waiting to cross the wooden bridge to the other side of the Vistula. |
| 00:00:31:14 | People crossing the bridge. |
| 00:00:34:06 | Automobiles and people on the bridge. |
| 00:00:36:20 | Pedestrians on the bridge. |
| 00:00:41:09 | A view of ruined Warsaw from the bridge. |
| 00:00:45:00 | Automobiles and people on the bridge. |
| 00:00:50:12 | People on the destroyed streets of Warsaw. |
| 00:00:53:20 | People with bundles on their backs. |
| 00:00:57:12 | Pedestrians on the street among the ruined buildings. |
| 00:01:01:21 | An army division marches down a street in Warsaw. |
| 00:01:16:02 | A destroyed tram, a sign in the window saying “PHARMACY OPEN”. |
| 00:01:21:01 | Announcement: "PRESCHOOL FOR CHILDREN [...]". |
| 00:01:22:19 | People moving down a ruined street. |
| 00:01:27:00 | Crowds at a temporary market, the Central Station in the background. |
reader text
On hearing about the plans to reconstruct Warsaw the exiled people of the capital returned in droves to their home city. On a wooden pontoon, which currently replaces Warsaw’s wonderful bridges, there is an enormous movement from dusk till dawn. There is also a lot of life on the streets of the capital. In the city there are neither habitable buildings nor servicable schools, while shops and trade workshops appear to be in ruins. The pharmacy installed inside a ruined tram just proves that the famous Warsaw humour victoriously survived the occupation and the tragedy of the unsuccessful uprising. A view of the temporary business district by Marszałkowska and Aleje Jerozolimskie streets. All of the preparations for the reconstruction are almost finished. This work will be supported by: a Polish worker, engineer, and the kindly offered help of the allied Soviet nations, and the great industry in the liberated parts of Poland.
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