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Title:CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:FUB 26
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film apparently taken in northern Burma showing preparations for Christmas in December 1944, by men of 36th Division.
Description: View over a supply dump in northern Burma with tents and stacked crates. Men unpacking wooden crates; one box is marked 'Lime Juice Cordial'. Packing bottles into a crate with straw for padding. Close-up bottles of Frontenac Blue Label lager with crown design. One soldier passes bottles to another who packs them; crates are marked 'handle with care'. Hands picking up bottles. Close-up crate 'Glass - Handle with care'. Crate of bottles of 'Three Feathers Blended Whiskey'. Close-up of a bottle. Light 6x4 lorry carrying alcohol; troops sit on top and wave bottles as it drives away. Unloading livestock from an aircraft; they are thrown out into the back of a lorry. Close-up sheep. Ducks paddling about in a fenced-off pool. Indian cooks mixing (cake dough?) by hand. Removing cake tins from the oven. Tins awaiting 'turning out'. Sheep grazing. Lorry reversing to a pile of discarded baskets. Baskets carrying live ducks are opened. Various shots of ducks and geese. Men carry a large basket on a pole; it is opened to release a small pig. Pigs in a pen. Unloading crates. Close-up of small items, including 'Xmas Plum Cake', 'Carr and Co.'s Biscuits' and a bottle. Another close-up with cigars, Crystal Court gin, Three Feathers whiskey, a bottle of honey and some toffee.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma (geography)
Christmas Celebrations, Celebrations (event)
Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
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