CAPTURE OF GERMAN COMMANDER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CAPTURE OF GERMAN COMMANDER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 447/9
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The arrival of General von Arnim at Maison Blanche aerodrome on his way to internment.
  • Description: Von Arnim arrives at the airport and is escorted to a waiting staff car. Von Arnim in the car. Von Arnim arriving at his destination.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 447/9
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Gunn, J F (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Arnim, Jurgen von (person)
  • Keywords: Maison Blanche, Algeria (geography) 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: 32 ft; Running time: 1 min
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