Poland Today

The following scenes show aspects of places and people of Poland. Scenes of the Free City of Danzig include a Nazi parade. The new Polish port of Gdynia is shown, as are various shots of Warsaw. At Lowicz, peasant farming, folk dances, a village school and a religious procession are shown. At Krakow, the ancient palace and the university are shown, as is the Jewish ghetto and the conditions of the Jews living there. Marshal Pilsudski's Memorial Mound on the German frontier is shown. At Katowice, in Upper Silesia, a zinc mine, mills and a coal mine are shown, as are the living conditions of the miners. At Zakopane, a cable car goes over the mountains, and a school of lace making and wood carving is shown, as are scenes of the interior of a peasant home and dances of the mountaineers. The presentation of the baton to Rydz-Smigly, which makes him second Marshal of the country and its present leader is shown, followed by a demonstration of the Polish Army.