GENERAL VON ARNIM CAPTURED [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL VON ARNIM CAPTURED [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 438/5
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: General Jurgen von Arnim, Commander-in-Chief German Army Africa, arrives in Algiers en route to captivity.
  • Description: General Von Arnim entering the office at Maison Blanche airfield to have his papers checked. The general walking to the waiting aeroplane.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 438/5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Gunn, J F (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Arnim, Jurgen von (person) British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Maison Blanche, Algeria (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: 45 ft; Running time: 1 min
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