Mass German Surrender

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

211

Date Released

21 May 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1East Meets West
2. 2Germans Capitulate
3. 3Mass German Surrender
4. 4This is the Moment: Montgomery

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Far to the north of Italy, Germans surrender in huge numbers, seen in trucks heading for PoW camps. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 10 min sd, B&W, 35 mm [The National Archives card shows this as part of the previous story] Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

Prisoners of war; Occupied territories

Credits:

Commentator

Rex Keating

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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