CHRISTMAS FOR TROOPS IN NORTHERN BURMA
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: FUB 36).
Synopsis
Footage of Christmas festivities being conducted in the field by troops of 36th Division in northern Burma, December 1944.
Close-up of a British brigadier wearing a low turban (reminiscent of an Indian servant?); a British major behind him is similarly dressed. Shots of men eating and drinking a toast. Eating meat on the bone. Removing vegetables from an oven. Plucking geese or ducks. Men queueing for food. Food served. Men eating and drinking and apparently being waited on by their officers.
Notes
No dopesheet for this film so details are unclear.
Titles
- CHRISTMAS FOR TROOPS IN NORTHERN BURMA (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1944
- Running Time:
- 4 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 291 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit
