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Title:CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN FRANCE [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 168
Other titles:
Summary: The Chinese Labour Corps celebrate New Year in Noyelles, Western Front, 11th February 1918.
Description: The townspeople and some British officers and NCOs watch as the members of the corps celebrate the Chinese New Year with a procession, including two 'Junks' carried by one man each, a tug of war, a group of four stilt walkers and an improvised percussion band.
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Bassill, F A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Chinese Labour Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: celebrations, Chinese - popular: New Year (object name)
society, Chinese military - ethnic (object name)
01/3(4-15).8 (event)
Noyelles-sur-Mer, Somme, France (geography)
Race (concept)