Men being served food, with a close-up of food being piled onto a man's plate. Shot of improvised marquee made of parachute. Men eating. Officers (?) arriving.

Man pours beer from a bottle into an enamel mug. Man with a cauliflower nose eating. Shot of the menu; cameraman gives the menu on his dopesheet as goose, lamb, pork, roast potatoes, and vegetables with Xmas pudding, beer, cigarettes, sweets and nuts. Two men in front of a Christmas tree; one pours out a number of small sweets from a foil wrapper into the other's hand; behind a banner reads 'Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 1944-45' in English and Welsh. Men eating beneath a marquee of parachute silk. Two crossed Japanese swords beneath a 36th Division insignia provide decoration. Another badge, apparently of crossed leaks, with battle honour 'Arakan' below. A man, described on the dopesheet as 'one of the local comedians' seen drinking; he is handed a large hambone. Close-up man eating.

At Tigyaing in northern Burma, troops of 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers enjoy a slightly belated Christmas dinner on 28 December 1944.

Notes

For other film of Christmas celebrations in this theatre, see related items.