POW CAMP, EL GUETTAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: POW CAMP, EL GUETTAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 382/3/1
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The 1st US Infantry Division at a prisoner of war camp at El Guettar, Tunisia.
  • Description: Italian prisoners in the compound, facing the camera. German prisoners with backs turned to the camera. Three Polish prisoners in German uniform talking to an American interpreter. They are from the 69th Panzer Grenadier Regiment but escaped and surrendered to the Americans. American M10 tank busters and material moving eastwards from El Guettar up to the front.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: AYY 382/3/1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-03-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Black, A W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army, 1st Infantry Division (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich), 69th Panzergrenadier Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: El Guettar, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) Prisoners of War, 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: 200 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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