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Prisoners of war Often referred to as POWs or PWs, Prisoners of War are combatants who are imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. In some of the footage available on this page, German POWs are being used as stretcher bearers to ferry the Canadian wounded in from the battlefield. |
| wwi_044 | Two German POWs carry a wounded Canadian between them. |  |
13 sec | 3.3 MB |
| wwi_054 | Lead by a Canadian soldier, a group of German prisoners carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher. |  |
13 sec | 3.2 MB |
| wwi_055 | Lead by an unarmed Canadian medic, a group of German prisoners carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher. |  |
11 sec | 2.8 MB |
| wwi_070 | Canadians checking the papers and searching German prisoners. |  |
16 sec | 4 MB |
| wwi_071 | German prisoners removing their dog tags and getting papers checked |  |
18 sec | 4.4 MB |
| wwi_073 | Canadian officer interviewing German prison who is talking and gesturing |  |
27 sec | 6.7 MB |
| wwi_074 | Various shots of groups of German POWs |  |
31 sec | 7.6 MB |
| wwi_075 | German POWs and some Canadian soldiers have tea and cakes. |  |
26 sec | 6.3 MB |
| wwi_076 | POWs counted as they are marched into an encampment. |  |
22 sec | 5.3 MB |