Australian soldiers of 1st Parachute Battalion lay on a Christmas party for children, both local and from a nearby camp of freed Dutch internees, in Singapore.

View looking down a laid table with seated children being waited on by Australian paratroops of the 1st Parachute Battalion. Second angle. Pan along the table showing children wearing paper hats. View along the table. Close-up of a girl, not looking at the camera, eating cake. A smiling European girl looks at the camera; a soldier behind her pours a drink from a bottle. A more or less convincing Santa Claus arrives '[to] a mixed reception' (from the dopesheet) and waves to a child who has just burst into tears. Santa talks to chidlren. Santa and children at the Christmas Tree. An Australian officer, Major Clarke of Glen Iris, Victoria, hands out a present. Wider shot of the tree, Santa, children and soldiers.

Notes

According to the dopesheet 'The children were given a dinner with plenty of ice cream, sweets and lemonade and all thoroughly enjoyed it'.

For footage of a children's party held aboard HMS Assistance anchored off Singapore, see related items.