CAPTURE OF GERMAN GENERAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CAPTURE OF GERMAN GENERAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 447/8
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Commander of the 90th German Light Infantry Division surrenders to the Commander of the 6th Armoured Division near Tunis.
  • Description: A German staff car approaches. General von Sponeck alights from the car and salutes General Keightley. The two generals with General Freyberg. Close-up of General von Sponeck.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 447/8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Penman, D HBritish Army cameraman in WWII (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Keightley, Charles Frederic (person) Freyberg, Bernard Cyril (person) Sponeck, Karl Anton Theodor von (person) British Army, 6th Armoured Division (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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
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