CHINESE ENTERTAINING ALLIED TROOPS [Main Title]

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  • Title: CHINESE ENTERTAINING ALLIED TROOPS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 231
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  • Summary: Show by the Chinese Labour Corps, Etaples area, Western Front, 13 June 1918.
  • Description: A stage has been set up in a field near the town, and men of the Corps perform an acrobatic and dancing show in costume for an audience of soldiers of various nationalities, predominantly British, and some civilians. The Corps has a percussion band of drums and cymbals. Stilt walkers demonstrate a kind of dance and men forming Chinese dragons join in a procession.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 231
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Buckstone, Walter A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Chinese Labour Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: society, Chinese military - ethnic (object name) arts, Chinese - ethnic (object name) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, 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: 261 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 231

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