LARGE NUMBERS OF PRISONERS FROM THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES ARE TAKEN BY BRITISH 2ND ARMY AS THE FIGHTING IN NORMANDY DRAWS TO A CLOSE (PART 5) [Allocated Title]
Title:LARGE NUMBERS OF PRISONERS FROM THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES ARE TAKEN BY BRITISH 2ND ARMY AS THE FIGHTING IN NORMANDY DRAWS TO A CLOSE (PART 5) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 133-3
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Summary: Prisoners from Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe Flak and Fallschirmjäger formations are seen in 53rd (Welsh) Division's custody near Falaise.
Description: In an improvised reception POW cage manned jointly by 'Redcaps' and Royal Artillery personnel at Noron l'Abbaye, an MP searches new arrivals for documentation and concealed weapons. A tired-looking Wehrmacht soldier is seen wearing a tunic minus several buttons, patched-up trousers and worn-out boots. A prisoner combs lice (?) from his hair; a turban-wearing Asian sits passively in the reception compound while other POWs are seen resting. A German-speaking gunner examines documents and clothing from another batch of new arrivals. A German medical orderly sprays fellow prisoners with delousing powder. More POWs are seen arriving at the cage, escorted by British infantrymen; these range in type and appearance from a polyglot procession including Russian peasants and an erect-looking, wounded Wehrmacht artillery lieutenant to youthful troops (some in camouflage suits) from the 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend'. An Asian POW cleans himself with a dirty rag. As the prisoners prepare to leave, a Soviet POW in civilian clothes picks up their litter in a discarded Wehrmacht helmet.
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Watkins, R V (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps 12 (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 53 (regiment/service)
Keywords: prisoners of war, German - reception (object name)
medical, British military - preventative: delousing (object name)
Noron L'Abbaye, Calvados, France (geography)
