LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP (1945)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 161).
Synopsis
Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma
A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does laundry in a metal bath. Men reaching for fruit on a tree. A local boy washing cups and dishes. Tents flapping in monsoon conditions; a Union flag strains on its flagpole. Two airmen, seated in a tent, drink tea. Airmen show a drawing to the camera. An improvised shower made of petrol tins and a bamboo pole. Man asleep in a tent. An Australian Flying Officer, wearing his rank on a wristband, sets an alarm clock. An airman sits in a bath and another pours water over his head. Another airman has a shower by means of a punctured bucket hung between two trees.
Notes
This film an identical copy of ABY 118, but possibly reappears at this point in the sequence so as to be taken in conjunction with ABY 159 and 160.
This footage apparently shot by an unnamed Royal Australian Air Force cameramen. Dopesheets undated and no details of location.
Titles
- LIFE WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ON AN RAF CAMP (1945) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 3 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 183 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
- Production company
- Royal Air Force Film Production Unit