TOMMY SECURES SUITABLE FARE FOR THIS SEASON [Main Title]

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  • Title: TOMMY SECURES SUITABLE FARE FOR THIS SEASON [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 155
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: A very brief scene of a British soldier walking towards the camera carrying two live turkeys, Western Front, December 1917.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) McDowell, J B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, birds: turkey (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) celebrations, British - popular: Christmas (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography) Belgium (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 36 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Summary: probably originally part of IWM 153. Technical: although clearly a single scene from a larger film, this is now held in a separate can by itself.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 155

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