Counting Them Out 1943

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Full title reads: "COUNTING THEM OUT".

Tunisia.

Various shots of a large POW (prisoners of war) assembly point near Tunis with thousands of Italian and German prisoners being issued with food. New arrivals are counted and registered. Prisoners boarding the lorries to be transported...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38063
Sort Number:
43/041
Time in/Out:
01:51:06:00 / 01:52:02:00
Canister:
43/41
Film ID:
1083.20
Issue Date:
24/05/1943

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