COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS WITH COLDITZ SURVIVORS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS WITH COLDITZ SURVIVORS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6636
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  • Summary: A collection of interviews conducted by the Colditz Society with former internees of Colditz Castle, Germany, used as a prison camp to hold Allied prisoners of war during the Second World War.
  • Description: Reel 1: Dominic Bruce, British NCO served with RAF in GB, 1935-1939; officer served as pilot with Bomber Command, 1939-1941; POW in Spangenburg Castle and Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1941-1945. Reel 2: James de Deane Yule, British officer served with 5th Div Signal Regt in France and Norway, 1939-1941; POW in Spangenburg Castle and Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1941-1945. Reel 3: James de Deane Yule continued. Reel 4: James de Deane Yule continued. Reel 5: Interview with Tommy Catlow, British officer served as submariner with Royal Navy; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 6: Tommy Catlow continued. Reel 7: Interview with Walter Morison, British officer served with RAF in GB, 1939-1942; POW in Stalag Luft III and Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 8: Interview with Peter Allan, British officer served with Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in GB and France, 1939-1940; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1940-1945. Reel 9: Interview with Jack Best, British officer served with RAF in GB and Mediterranean, 1939-1941; POW in Stalag Luft III and Oflag IV C, Colditz in Germany, 1941-1945. Reel 10: Jack Best continued. Reel 11: Jack Best continued. Reel 12: Interview with Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside, British intelligence officer served with 3rd Royal Tank Regt, Royal Armoured Corps in GB and North West Europe 1939-1940. Present during defence of Calais and captured 5/1940: POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1943-1945. Reel 13: Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside continued. Reel 14: Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside continued. Reel 15: Interview with Edward Grismond Beaumont 'Gris' Davies-Scourfield, British officer served with 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps in GB and France, 1938-1940, including defence of Calais, 5/1940; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 16: Edward Grismond Beaumont 'Gris' Davies-Scourfield continued. Reel 17: Interview with Kenneth Lockwood, British officer served with Queen's Royal Regt in GB and France, 1939-1940; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1940-1945 Reel 18: Kenneth Lockwood continued. Reel 19: Interview with John Patrick 'Pat' Fergusson, British officer served with Royal Tank Regt, 1939-1943;POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1943-1945. Reel 20: Interview with Francis Steinmetz, Dutch officer served with Royal Dutch Navy; POW in Germany, 1940-1941; escaped from Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 8/1941. Reel 21: Interview with John Hoggard, British officer served aboard HMS Voltaire in Mediterranean and Atlantic, 1939-1941; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 22: Interview with Alex Ross, British private served with Seaforth Highlanders, 1939-1942; POW and medical orderly to Douglas Bader in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 23: Interview with John Davies, British officer served with Royal Navy, 1939-1941;POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1941-1945. Reel 24: John Davies continued. Reel 25: Interview with Jack Pringle, British officer served with 8th Hussars in North Africa, 1941; POW in Germany, 1941-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz, 1944-1945. Reel 26: Interview with Kenneth Lee, British officer served with Royal Corps of Signals, 1939- 1941; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1941-1945. Reel 27: Interview with John 'Bosun' Chrisp, British bosun served with Royal Navy, 1939-1941; POW in Greece and Germany, 1941-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 28: Interview with Pete Tunstall, British officer served with RAF, 1939-1942; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 29: Pete Tunstall continued. Reel 30: Interview with Benjamin Dennis Skelton 'Skelly' Ginn, British officer served with Royal Army Ordnance Corps in France, 1940; POW in Germany, 1940-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz 1943-1945. Reel 31: Benjamin Dennis Skelton 'Skelly' Ginn continued. Reel 32: Interview with George Drew, British officer served with Northamptonshire Regt in France, 1940; POW in Germany, 1940-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz, 1943-1945. Reel 33: George Drew continued. Reel 34: Interview with Dougie Moir, British officer served with Royal Tank Regt, 1939-1943; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1943-1945. Reel 35: Interview with David Hunter, British officer served with Royal Marines, 1939-1942; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1945. Reel 36: Interview with Peter Hoffman, Lecture by German private served as guard at Oflag 4C, Colditz, Germany, 1942-1943, given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 17 June 2006. Reel 37: Peter Hoffman continued. Reel 38: Interview with Jean-Claude Tine, French officer served with Free French Forces, 1940-1944; POW in Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1944-1945. Reel 39: Interview with Corran Purdon, British officer served with Army Commandos in North West Europe, 1940-1942; POW in Germany, 1942-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz, 1943-1945. Reel 40: Corran Purdon continued. Reel 41: Corran Purdon continued. Reel 42: Interview with Charles Michael Alexander, British officer served with Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and Layforce in GB and North Africa, 1939-1942; POW in Germany, 1942-1945, including Oflag IV C, Colditz, 1943-1945. Reel 43: Charles Michael Alexander continued.
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  • Object_Number: MGH 6636
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Colditz Society (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: Hi-8; Mini-DV; Video 8; audio cassette Number of items/reels/tapes: 43 Running time: 3810 mins
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