GENERAL MANNERINI AND ITALIAN OFFICERS [Allocated Title]



  • Title: GENERAL MANNERINI AND ITALIAN OFFICERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 386/3/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Italian Commander-in-Chief of the Sahara Group on arrival at the POW cage near Gabès.
  • Description: General Mannerini being interrogated by Lieutenant Anderson of the Intelligence Corps as Sergeant Konigsberg takes notes. Italian officers in the POW cage. Other Italian ranks being counted before climbing into trucks to be taken south. The two drivers of the trucks.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Berkshire (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Mannerini, Alberto (person) Italian Army (regiment/service) British Army, Intelligence Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Gabès, 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: General Freyberg also interviewed General Mannerini and allowed him to keep his revolver.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 386/3/2

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