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Title:ARRIVAL OF GERMAN GENERAL POW; PREPARATION FOR ATTACK AT BIR EL ASLAGH, LIBYA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 221
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A captured German General. Green Howards in attack in Western Desert.
Description: 31 May 1942. General Ludwig Crüwell, Commander of the German Afrika Corps, leaving the RAF Officers Mess at Heliopolis Aerodrome, accompanied by an escort of British army officers. He gets into a waiting car, which drives off.
27 May 1942. The Green Howards advance towards the enemy column. Gunners firing at enemy tanks. Brigadier O'Connell sitting on top of a Valentine tank. An enemy tank burning. German and Italian prisoners. Digging of slit trenches whilst ducking to avoid shell fire from German guns. The company pet dog sheltering in a slit trench. German General Ludwig Crüwell. A tank battle near Knightsbridge. Close-up of the face of a dead German soldier. German Mark III tanks advancing towards anti-tank guns. Anti-tank gunners in action. Bren carriers go out to inspect and search damaged tanks. Prisoners surrendering and being searched.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Walter (Captain) (Production individual)
Arthur, W (Production individual)