PRISONERS OF WAR ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PRISONERS OF WAR ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 435/3
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Prisoners at the POW Centre near St Cyprien.
  • Description: Loading prisoners on lorries. A full truck pulls away and an empty one takes its position. Prisoners leaving the enclosure. Prisoners boarding the truck and the truck pulling away. New prisoners entering the enclosure. An Italian naval rating. German prisoners drawing rations. Italian prisoners drawing rations. Close-up of Italian soldiers. Close-up of a Luftwaffe officer. The captured German military band playing.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: AYY 435/3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-05-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Best, W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) German Army (Third Reich) (regiment/service) German Air Force (Third Reich) (regiment/service) Italian Army (regiment/service) Italian Navy, VASCO DA GAMA, frigate (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: St Cyprien, Tunisia (geography) Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme) Prisoners of War 1914-1918 (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
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 435/3

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