UNKNOWN GERMAN SOLDIER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: UNKNOWN GERMAN SOLDIER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 379/1/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The burial of a German soldier by the 6th New Zealand Brigade at El Hamma, Tunisia.
  • Description: The corpse. A panning shot from the feet up to the head. Close-up of the head. The corpse is carried into a slit trench. The trench is filled in. A cross is erected. Close-up of the cross reading Unknown German Soldier.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 379/1/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Morris, R H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: New Zealand Army, 6th New Zealand Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Hamma, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    AYY 379/1/3

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