CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]

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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]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: FUB 26
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    FUB 26

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 228 (CHRISTMAS ON THE INDO-BURMA BORDER [Allocated Title]) JFU 229 (CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES AT YAZAGYO [Allocated Title]) FUB 27 (CHRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICE IN BURMA [Allocated Title]) FUB 28 (CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES IN THE ARAKAN [Allocated Title]) FUB 34 (CHRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICE IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]) FUB 36 (CHRISTMAS FOR TROOPS IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]) FUB 40 (WELSH CHRISTMAS DINNER IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]) MWY 220 (CHRISTMAS FIELD CHURCH SERVICE IN THE ARAKAN (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title])
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