CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN FRANCE [Main Title]

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  • Title: CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN FRANCE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 168
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  • 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.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 168
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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)
  • 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: 197 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 168

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