Interrogation of Prisoners, Florence, Italy 27Mar45

Interrogation of Prisoners, Florence, Italy 27Mar45 Shot by Lt. Zipser, 3225 Sig Serv. Det. MP leading many POWs out of building w/ sign PW Stockade. Walking past prisoners brooming & cleaning up street. German POWs mcu past camera followed by Black MP. 19:11:59 Sign: PBS PW Enclosure 334 SHIPPING AND RECEIVING. Wooden canvas covered frame behind barbed wire fence. Gate opened & POWs march in. Gate closed afterward. View of marching across yard. Form ranks, listen to allied officer. MS of officer talking to them. MCU prisoner, pan along several. 19:14:23 Slate. View from inside canvas shelter as POWs listen & then move forward in groups. Line up & brought into shelter & pockets emptied (MCU). Money counted, watch taken & all possessions noted on paper. Body searched. Possessions returned. Next POW, wearing red cross arm band, comes in & empties pockets. Two officers take possessions & put into envelope. 19:18:30 Slate. MCU Army carbon paper form being filled out for POW w/ name, possessions etc. 19:20:37 POW into tent & GI w/ mask & flit-gun takes clothes & sprays w/ DDT. Then over body. Medics give series of shots or inoculations. 19:22:07 Sign: Magazin Decken un Material - Ausgabe. POWs given blankets & mess kits. Men into tents w/ blankets; eating from mess kit. WWII Processing Prisoners of War;