PRISONERS OF WAR [Allocated Title]



  • Title: PRISONERS OF WAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 440/4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes on the Cape Bon peninsular.
  • Description: Italian prisoners driving themselves to a POW cage at Soliman. Germans in convoy on the way to the POW cage. Close-up of a German fighter (blown up by British and Allied bombers) at Menzel Temime aerodrome. A destroyed Ju 52. The damaged engine of the plane. Close-up of another Ju 52. An officer and men talking to a French policeman outside the small police station. Close-up of the door of the police station with "Cap Bon" chalked on it. A man unloading a TCV with food captured in the hills. Cape Bon jutting out to sea.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Gemmell, J (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Italian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Soliman, Tunisia (geography) Menzel Temime, Tunisia (geography) Cape Bon, 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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    AYY 440/4

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