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Source: BBC

Roundup

5-21-09

Glimpse of a WWII POW camp [video 2 min 13 sec]

Rare footage showing life in British prisoner of war camp is going on display at a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.

There were over 1000 prisoner of war camps in Britain from World War II, but few moving pictures remain.

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