RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RUSSIAN PRISONERS IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1211
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Fragment of a film showing hygiene for Russian prisoners in Austria-Hungary during the First World War.
  • Description: The prisoners are in an open compound surrounded by brick buildings. They assemble naked and are given haircuts by Austro-Hungarian troops while their own officers watch and, behind them, their clothes are burnt in incinerators.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1211
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1211)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915
  • Production Country: Austria-Hungary
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Austro-Hungarian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: prisoners of war, Russian - custody (object name) society, Russian military - hygiene (object name) society, Austro-Hungarian military - hygiene (object name) First World War, Austro-Hungarian Home Front & 1914 = 1917 (event) Austria-Hungary (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 19 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1211

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