First German Prisoners Arrive In South Africa (1942)

Titles read: “FIRST GERMAN PRISONERS ARRIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA“. South Africa. Various good shots show German prisoners of war, from the Nazi Afrika Korps disembarking from a ship in a port and boarding trains that will take them to internment camps for the duration of the war. Among the prisoners is Major-General Arthur Schmidt who surrendered at Bardia and General Von Ravenstein. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.